{"product_id":"essential-adam-smith-9780393955309","title":"Essential Adam Smith","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssential Adam Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e by Smith, Adam. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780393955309.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheer strength of his great work, The Wealth of Nations, discourages many from attempting to explore its rich and lucid arguments. In this brilliantly crafted volume, one of the most eminent economists of our day provides a generous selection from the entire body of Smiths work, ranging from his fascinating psychological observations on human nature to his famous treatise on what Smith called a \"society of natural liberty,\" The Wealth of Nations.\nAmong the works represented in this volume in addition to The Wealth of Nations are The History of Astronomy, Lectures on Jurisprudence, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, and Smiths correspondence with David Hume.\nBefore each of Smiths writings Robert Heilbroner presents a clear and lively discussion that will interest the scholar as much as it will clarify the work for the non-specialist. Adam Smith emerges from this collection of his writings, as he does from his portrait in Professor Heilbroners well-known book, as the first economist to deserve the title of \"worldly philosopher.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253963808821,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393955303","price":22.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393955309_48c8ba08-1b7d-409e-bf81-2e078c90d80f.jpg?v=1779952108","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/essential-adam-smith-9780393955309","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}