内容简介
ItissymbolicthatAdamSmith'smasterpieceofeconomicanalysis,TheWealthofNations,wasfirstpublishedin1776,thesameyearasthe"DeclarationofIndependence."Inhisbook,Smithferventlyextolledthesimpleyetenlightenednotionthatindividualsarefullycapableofsettingandregulatingpricesfortheirowngoodsandservices.Hearguedpassionatelyinfavoroffreetrade,yetstoodupforthelittleguy.TheWealthofNationsprovidedthefirst--andstillthemosteloquent--integrateddescriptionoftheworkingsofamarketeconomy.TheresultofSmith'seffortsisawitty,highlyreadableworkofgeniusfilledwithprescienttheoriesthatformthebasisofathrivingcapitalistsystem.Thisunabridgededitionoffersthemodernreaderafreshlookatatimelessandseminalworkthatrevolutionizedthewaygovernmentsandindividualsviewthecreationanddispersionofwealth--andthatcontinuestoinfluenceoureconomyrightuptothepresentday.
作者简介
AdamSmithwasborninasmallvillageinKirkcaldy,Scotlandin1723.HeenteredtheUniversityofGlasgowatagefourteen,andlaterattendedBalliolCollegeatOxford.Afterlecturingforaperiod,heheldseveralteachingpositionsatGlasgowUniversity.HisgreatestachievementwaswritingTheWealthofNations(1776),afive-bookseriesthatsoughttoexposethetruecausesofprosperity,andinstalledhimasthefatherofcontemporaryeconomicthought.HediedinEdinburghonJuly19,1790.