The Cambridge Companion to Adam Smith

Adam Smith is best known as the founder of scientific economics and as an earlyproponent of the modern market economy. Political economy however was onlyone par... » 

Adam Smith is best known as the founder of scientific economics and as an earlyproponent of the modern market economy. Political economy however was onlyone part of Smiths comprehensive intellectual system. Consisting of a theoryof mind and its functions in language arts science and social intercourseSmiths system was a towering contribution to the Scottish Enlightenment. ThisCompanion volume provides an uptodate examination of all aspects of Smithsthought. «