The Wealth of Nations

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Wealth of Nations
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Adam Smith
Introduction by Robert B. Reich
SeriesModern Library Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:1184
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 131
Category/GenreEconomic theory and philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780679783367
ClassificationsDewey:330.153
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Modern Library Inc
Publication Date 14 November 2000
Publication Country United States

Description

This is a new, unexpurgated paperback edition of the book that became the foundation of modern economic thought. It includes notes, commentary and a new introduction by Robert Reich.

Author Biography

Robert Reich is Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include The Work of Nations, Reason, Supercapitalism, and Aftershock.

Reviews

"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