Self-Interest before Adam Smith

Pierre (Professor of French and History, Columbia University, New York) Force

Cambridge University Press, 2003

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521830607
ISBN-10
0521830605
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2003
Publication date
2003-09-04
Pages
298
Dimensions
229x152x21
Weight
609