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Adam Smith in His Time and Ours

paperback – July 3, 1995
by Muller, Jerry Z.
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ISBN-13: 9780691001616 ISBN-10: 0691001618
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Binding
paperback
Published
July 3, 1995
Weight
0.9 lbs
Dimensions
22.90×1.80×15.20 cm

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Adam Smith in His Time and Ours by Muller, Jerry Z.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780691001616.

Counter to the popular impression that Adam Smith was a champion of selfishness and greed, Jerry Muller shows that the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations maintained that markets served to promote the well-being of the populace and that government must intervene to counteract the negative effects of the pursuit of self-interest. Smiths analysis went beyond economics to embrace a larger "civilizing project" designed to create a more decent society.