内容简介
AdamSmith'smasterpiece,firstpublishedin1776,isthefoundationofmoderneconomicthoughtandremainsthesinglemostimportantaccountoftheriseof,andtheprinciplesbehind,moderncapitalism.Writteninclearandincisiveprose,TheWealthofNationsarticulatestheconceptsindispensabletoanunderstandingofcontemporarysociety;andRobertReich'sIntroductionbothclarifiesSmith'sanalysesandilluminateshisoverallrelevancetotheworldinwhichwelive.AsReichwrites,"Smith'smindrangedoverissuesasfreshandtopicaltodayastheywereinthelateeighteenthcentury—jobs,wages,politics,government,trade,education,business,andethics."
作者简介
AdamSmithwasborninasmallvillageinKirkcaldy,Scotlandin1723.HeenteredtheUniversityofGlasgowatagefourteen,andlaterattendedBalliolCollegeatOxford.Afterlecturingforaperiod,heheldseveralteachingpositionsatGlasgowUniversity.HisgreatestachievementwaswritingTheWealthofNations(1776),afive-bookseriesthatsoughttoexposethetruecausesofprosperity,andinstalledhimasthefatherofcontemporaryeconomicthought.HediedinEdinburghonJuly19,1790.