Adam Smith's Sociological EconomicsRoutledge, 2014 M06 3 - 280 páginas First published in 1976, this book provides an interdiciplinary study fo the thoughts of Adam Smith, showing it particular how the link between economic basis and social superstructure was central to his work. The work is split into six sections, dividing Smith's views along the following lines: 'methology', 'conduct and character', 'consumer behaviour', 'the upper classes', 'the lower classes', and finally 'the State'. |
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| 20 | |
3 Conduct and Character | 67 |
4
Consumer Behaviour | 102 |
5 The Upper Classes | 124 |
6
The Lower Classes | 143 |
7 The State | 194 |
Notes | 228 |
Abbreviations of
works | 271 |
Further Reading | 272 |
Index | 273 |
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Adam Ferguson Adam Smith aesthetic artificers beauty become benefit benevolence capital capital accumulation capitalist character clearly commerce common competition conflict conspicuous consumption consumer consumption David Hume defined dependent desire difficult division of labour Durkheim economic growth employed employment example exchange existence find first fixed function greater habitual associations Henry Home human Hume impartial spectator improve income increase individual industry influence interest John Millar land landlord laws living lower classes LRBL luxury machine man’s mankind manufacturers market mechanism means mercantile merchants mind Montesquieu moral Moreover natural norms object observed one’s opulence passion perfect competition philosopher political principle productive proper propriety rate of profit reason reflected rent result rich sacrifice scientific Scottish Enlightenment sentiments share situation Smith believed social society standards sufficient sympathy theory thing trade tranquillity unintended outcome utilitarian wages Wealth of Nations worker