Self-interest before Adam Smith : a genealogy of economic science /
A study of the history of the concept of self-interest before Adam Smith, in order to understand what it meant when Adam Smith used it as an axiom in The Wealth of Nations. The author shows that Smith's theory refutes the 'selfish hypothesis' yet integrates it at the same time.
| Основен автор: | Force, Pierre. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Серия: |
Ideas in context ;
68. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120365 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Self-interest before Adam Smith. |
| Резюме: |
A study of the history of the concept of self-interest before Adam Smith, in order to understand what it meant when Adam Smith used it as an axiom in The Wealth of Nations. The author shows that Smith's theory refutes the 'selfish hypothesis' yet integrates it at the same time. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 279 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-275) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0511062915 9780511062919 051107137X 9780511071379 9780511490538 0511490534 |