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 星野夏树 2026-02-16 01:15:11 北京
英文版《国富论》，斯密在IV将政治经济学看作是政治家和立法者的科学，目标有二：一是民富，二是国富。在批评重商主义和重农主义之后，他要建立的是自然自由的制度，限制了主权者的权力，其义务应当保护社会、保护个人、建设公共事业。可以进一步说，国富论在政治学上可以是君主论+政府论！
0 有用 彩儿贝勒 2021-06-06 12:56:05
Kindle免费公版书 Book Ⅰ-Ⅴ 文风冗长，很多举例。
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 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 粒子绿 2014-07-30 23:29:04
读的不是这个版本！