Self-Interest before Adam Smith

Name: Self-Interest before Adam Smith
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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A Genealogy of Economic Science

Autor: Pierre Force

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Self-Interest before Adam Smith inquires into the foundations of economic theory. It is generally as...

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Autor

Pierre Force

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydalo

2003

Stránok

298

EAN

9780521830607

ISBN

0521830605

Enbook ID

02045745

Vydavateľ

Cambridge University Press

Hmotnosť

609

Rozmery

152 x 229 x 21

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Self-Interest before Adam Smith inquires into the foundations of economic theory. It is generally assumed that the birth of modern economic science, marked by the publication of The Wealth of Nations in 1776, was the triumph of the 'selfish hypothesis' (the idea that self-interest is the motive of human action). Yet, as a neo-Epicurean idea, this hypothesis had been a matter of controversy for over a century and Smith opposed it from a neo-Stoic point of view. But how can the Epicurean principles of orthodox economic theory be reconciled with the Stoic principles of Adam Smith's philosophy? Pierre Force shows how Smith's theory refutes the 'selfish hypothesis' and integrates it at the same time. He also explains how Smith appropriated Rousseau's 'republican' critique of modern commercial society, and makes the case that the autonomy of economic science is an unintended consequence of Smith's 'republican' principles.

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