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.
亞當·斯密(Adam Smith, 1723-1790)是經濟學的主要創立者。他於1723年齣生在蘇格蘭的剋科底,青年時就讀於牛津大學。1751年到1764年在格斯哥大學擔任哲學教授。在此期間發錶瞭他的第一部著作《道德情操論》,確立瞭他在知識界的威望。但是他的不朽名聲主要在於他在1776年發錶的偉大著作《國傢財富的性質和原因的研究》。該書一舉成功,使他在餘生中享受著榮譽和愛戴。1790年,亞當·斯密在剋科底去逝。他一生未娶,沒有子女。
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...
評分【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...
評分郭大力、王亚南翻译,北极星的电子书。 看得很累。亚当斯密的文字、逻辑极为清晰,累的原因是内容太多了。这本书的很多概念、观点到现在也在主流经济学中占据了显要的位置。所以人的头脑好像并没有随着时间而进化得更聪明,天才也就那些,倒是人们的工具都越来越多,越来...
評分很佩服该书的两位译者!两位译者有一项独特的能力,他们写的每一个字你都能看懂,但是你就是不知道他这句话是什么意思。妈的!
評分在《國富論》中,亞當斯密摒棄瞭自己在《道德情操論》中的想法:When people confront moral choices, they imagine an impartial spectators who carefully consider and advise them. Instead of following their self interest, people decide on the basis of sympathy instead of selfishness.這一次,他為self interest寫下瞭一本巨著。祖師爺的曠世纔華讓我等隻能膜拜,不提他思想的先進性,光是理清一個新的體係,並用優秀的邏輯闡釋清楚,已經是99.9%的人無法做到的事。
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评分二過。
评分Social and economic order arise from the nature desires to better one's lot and to gain the praise.
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