The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith
It is symbolic that Adam Smith’s masterpiece of economic analysis, The Wealth of Nations, was first published in 1776, the same year as the Declaration of Independence.
In his book, Smith fervently extolled the simple yet enlightened notion that individuals are fully capable of setting and regulating prices for their own goods and services. He argued passionately in favor of free trade, yet stood up for the little guy. The Wealth of Nations provided the first--and still the most eloquent--integrated description of the workings of a market economy.
The result of Smith’s efforts is a witty, highly readable work of genius filled with prescient theories that form the basis of a thriving capitalist system. This unabridged edition offers the modern reader a fresh look at a timeless and seminal work that revolutionized the way governments and individuals view the creation and dispersion of wealth--and that continues to influence our economy right up to the present day.
"Adam Smith's enormous authority resides, in the end, in the same property that we discover in Marx: not in any ideology, but in an effort to see to the bottom of things."
--Robert L. Heilbroner
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亚当·斯密(Adam Smith, 1723-1790)是经济学的主要创立者。他于1723年出生在苏格兰的克科底,青年时就读于牛津大学。1751年到1764年在格斯哥大学担任哲学教授。在此期间发表了他的第一部著作《道德情操论》,确立了他在知识界的威望。但是他的不朽名声主要在于他在1776年发表的伟大著作《国家财富的性质和原因的研究》。该书一举成功,使他在余生中享受着荣誉和爱戴。1790年,亚当·斯密在克科底去逝。他一生未娶,没有子女。
翻译真心差,我没开玩笑 作为经济类本科生,实在没办法简单易懂地阅读这译本啊 比如这句“文明国家的殖民地土地荒芜、人口稀少”(page330 卷四 论殖民地)我看得云里雾里,因为文明国家的殖民地怎么会土地荒芜、人口稀少,印度作为大英帝国的生命线从来没听人说过“土地荒芜...
评分整整90年前的1919年3月,正面对另一场经济危机的弗拉基米尔•列宁(Vladimir Lenin)论述了当代资本主义所遭遇的困境。然而,他却不情愿地写下了这句结语:“那种认为资本主义无法摆脱当前危机的想法是错误的。”事实证明,与列宁所持的某些观点不同,他的这个预期是相当正确的...
评分一个优秀的经济学家,也一定是个很好的心理学专家,经济不是一堆枯燥数字的加减 ,也不仅仅是金钱的获得与亏损,而跟人的心理息息相关的。 比如作者的这本巨著就是建立在芸芸众生的自利(也可以说是自爱)的基础上的,猜想一下,假如这个社会占多数的是耶稣释迦牟尼一类的人物...
评分【按语:在阅读《国富论(1776)》之前,尚未来得及仔细阅读《道德情操论(1759)》,虽然知道后者是亚当·斯密(Adam Smith,1723-1790)的经济学和政治经济学的道德基础,因而只能暂时设定《道德情操论》与休谟《人性论》卷3中的道德理论是高度类似的:在休谟以同情原则来将...
评分斯密论分工 狄更斯在《双城记》的开头这样描述十九世纪的英国“这是最好的时代,这是最坏的时代。”而事实上十九世纪是一个资本的时代。源于英国的工业革命席卷了全球,带来第一波世界性的产业革命,财富与生产力双双向前,资本主义从此取得了历史的胜利。正当其时,脱胎于...
very simple and confident the way adam wrote the book. these are the principles that he had found out and had been following during his daily administrative works and he thought understanding these things could help his decision making process while increasing the efficiency of his works since he would be able to persuade others to do the things the way he wanted it. he would be successful in achieving his objectives as long as the opinions or principles are hard to prove either right or wrong by people related to his decisions, or in other words, he knew what all the others related are thinking and based on that, he proposed the ruling principle. we use the same techniques in our daily life, and we need to adjust that basic principle of ours with the surrounding knowledge level or scale people possess. at first the level was mostly in terms of physical power while later it takes in the intellectual part.
评分这本是英文原版的经济学经典,对经济学有兴趣的话这本书应该是必看的,只不过能不能看完那1208页就是另一回事了。看过这本再看资本论应该会更容易理解马克思的想法吧?
评分国家视角看经济学。
评分相见恨晚 提升对世界认知的必读之作
评分Few people know that "invisible hand" appeared twice.
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