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Author Norman, Jesse, author.

Title Adam Smith : father of economics / Jesse Norman.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, 2018.
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 SMITH    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO SMITH    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-SMITH NOR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  330.15 NOR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B SMITH ADAM N    DUE 04-02-24
Edition First Edition.
Description xvi, 408 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-391) and index.
Contents Part one: Life -- Kirkcaldy boy, 1723-1746 -- "The most useful, happiest and most honourable period of my life", 1746-1759 -- Enlightened interlude, 1760-1773 -- "You are surely to reign alone on these subjects", 1773-1776 -- Working to the end, 1776-1790 -- Part two: Thought -- Reputation, fact and myth -- Smith's economics -- Adam Smith and markets -- Part three: Impact -- Capitalism and its discontents -- The moral basis of commercial society -- Conclusion: Why it matters.
Subject Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. (OCoLC)fst00051861
Economists -- Great Britain.
Economics -- Philosophy.
Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst00846434
Economics -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00902168
Economists. (OCoLC)fst00902277
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre/Form Biographies.
Other Form: Online version: Norman, Jesse, author. Adam Smith First Edition. New York : Basic Books, 2018 9780465093212 (DLC) 2018022026
ISBN 9780465061976 (hardcover)
0465061974 (hardcover)
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