First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's "Wealth of Nations" sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that affect economic behavior. Throughout he offers seminal arguments f...
First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's "Wealth of Nations" sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that affect economic behavior. Throughout he offers seminal arguments for free trade, free markets, and limited government. Criticising mercantilists who sought to use the state to increase their nations' supply of precious metals, Smith points out that a nation's wealth should be measured by the well-being of its people.Prosperity in turn requires voluntary exchange of goods in a peaceful, well-ordered market. How to establish and maintain such markets? For Smith the answer lay in man's social instincts, which government may encourage by upholding social standards of decency, honesty, and virtue, but which government undermines when it unduly interferes with the intrinsically private functions of production and exchange. Social and economic order arise from the natural desires to better one's (and one's family's) lot and to gain the praise and avoid the censure of one's neighbors and business associates. Individuals behave decently and honestly because it gives them a clear conscience as well as the good reputation necessary for public approbation and sustained, profitable business relations.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Vol. 1 & 2的创作者
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亚当·斯密 作者
阿凡·达人
人民日报出版社2009版
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陕西人民出版社2006版
驴嚎
华夏出版社2005版
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商务印书馆1972版
江绪林
陕西人民出版社2006版
0 有用 管乐 2015-09-25 10:15:44
最早提出了 division of labor，分析了分工、市场以及政治经济学等等，很理性，有识有史。
0 有用 法妹儿 2018-10-02 22:07:19
主要读了Book I，分工的社会根源、影响因素以及货币的兴起、商品的真实价格（自然价格）与名义价格，以及两者的关系。斯密重点分析了构成价格的基础（劳动），以及价格的构成因素（工资、租金、贸易利润）；从分工角度理解，斯密这里主要处理分工的经济维度，是亚里士多德尼马学Book V经济观点的重述和充实。
0 有用 橘子君 2014-08-17 09:51:00
读的比较艰难
1 有用 某柒 2012-06-26 00:00:25
两年，两次精读，记住的，就留下来了
0 有用 消防喉糖巡回灶 2016-05-06 12:31:04
Social and economic order arise from the nature desires to better one's lot and to gain the praise.