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On the Wealth of Nations
P. J. O´rourke
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Description for On the Wealth of Nations
Paperback. Now available in paperback, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, the book that created the field of economics, is transformed into a page-turner of global significance by America's sharpest political commentator writing in English today. Series: Books That Shook the World. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
A New York Times Bestseller
As P. J. O'Rourke says, 'It's as if Smith, having proved that we can all have more money, then went on to prove that money doesn't buy happiness. And it doesn't. It rents it.'
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was first published in 1776 and almost instantly was recognized as fundamental to an understanding of economics. It was also recognized as being really long and as P. J. O'Rourke points out, to understand The Wealth of Nations, the cornerstone of free-market thinking and a book that shapes the world to this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Books That Shook the World
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843543893
SKU
V9781843543893
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About P. J. O´rourke
P. J. O'Rourke wrote more than twenty books on subjects as diverse as politics and cars and etiquette and economics. Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance both reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. He was a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard, H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute, a regular panellist on ... Read more
Reviews for On the Wealth of Nations
O'Rourke is a glittering writer, light but punchy, wry and impassioned, witheringly witty one moment and rambunctiously sarcastic the next... This is a judicious, finely written book... consistently funny, with cracking asides and snarky interjections. If you're daunted by Wealth of Nations, O'Rourke's riff on it is the next best thing.
Stuart Kelly
Scotland on Sunday
Pithy, ... Read more
Stuart Kelly
Scotland on Sunday
Pithy, ... Read more