Erasing the invisible hand : essays on an elusive and misused concept in economics / Warren J. Samue...
Erasing the invisible hand : essays on an elusive and misused concept in economics / Warren J. Samue...
Erasing the invisible hand : essays on an elusive and misused concept in economics / Warren J. Samuels ; with the assistance of Marianne F. Johnson and William H. Perry.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N330.122/152
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English
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Physical content
xxviii, 329 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Adam Smith's invisible hand and the Nobel prize in economic sciences; 2. The political economy of Adam Smith; 3. On the identities and functions attributed to the invisible hand; 4. Adam Smith's history of astronomy argument: how broadly does it apply? An...
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Publisher
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2011.
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- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
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"This book examines the use, principally in economics, of the concept of the invisible hand, centering on Adam Smith. It interprets the concept as ideology, knowledge, and a linguistic phenomenon. It shows how the principal Chicago School interpretation misperceives and distorts what Smith believed on the economic role of government. The essays fur...
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Erasing the invisible hand : essays on an elusive and misused concept in economics / Warren J. Samuels ; with the assistance of Marianne F. Johnson and William H. Perry.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N330.122/152
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0521517257 (hardback)
9780521517256 (hardback)
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330.122
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991008396549702626
