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Adam Smith's Lost Legacy
G. Kennedy
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Description for Adam Smith's Lost Legacy
Hardcover. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
In this accessible book, Gavin Kennedy takes a fresh look at Adam Smith's moral philosophy and its links to his political economy and his lectures on Jurisprudence. The book provides a new analysis of Wealth of Nations , and argues that Adam Smith's intellectual legacy was completely transformed in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries by economists pursuing different agendas, to create ideas and policies that Smith did not advocate. It also provides a new explanation for the main mysteries about Smith's later life.
In this accessible book, Gavin Kennedy takes a fresh look at Adam Smith's moral philosophy and its links to his political economy and his lectures on Jurisprudence. The book provides a new analysis of Wealth of Nations , and argues that Adam Smith's intellectual legacy was completely transformed in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries by economists pursuing different agendas, to create ideas and policies that Smith did not advocate. It also provides a new explanation for the main mysteries about Smith's later life.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
301
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403947895
SKU
V9781403947895
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99-15
About G. Kennedy
GAVIN KENNEDY is Professor and Director of Contracts at Edinburgh Business School, Herio-Watt University. Previously Professor of Defence Finance, he has authored several books on defence finance and published widely in negotiation processes.
Reviews for Adam Smith's Lost Legacy
'A fresh look at Smith's moral philosophy, its links to his political economy and his lectures on jurisprudence.' - The Scots Magazine