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Adam Smith was a Scottish moral philosopher and pioneering political economist and one of the key figures of the intellectual movement known as the Scottish Enlightenment.
He is now depicted on the back of the brand new £20 note.
An enormously useful feature of this edition is the selection of famous quotes at the beginning. Smith's insightful epigrams such as "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest" and his famous remarks on the "invisible hand" can be hard to find in the original, but here they all are, laid out easily and accessibly. There is also a brief guide which explains to the reader what Smith was trying to do in each section of the work, which makes reading it much easier." - Dr Eamonn Butler, Director, Adam Smith Institute
For years I have looked around for a really nice hardback edition of The Wealth of Nations without finding one. But this new edition is splendid, the sort of thing I am pleased to have on my shelf, and which would make a fine gift too.
"Adam Smith was the first to see that the measure of a nation's wealth was not money, but the industry and enterprise of its people. That a thriving and growing economy could lift whole nations out of poverty. And that the keys to economic growth were incentives, free enterprise, and productivity. That makes The Wealth of Nations just as relevant today as when it was written. So I am delighted to see this handsome new edition.
An enormously useful feature of this edition is the selection of famous quotes at the beginning. Smith's insightful epigrams such as "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest" and his famous remarks on the "invisible hand" can be hard to find in the original, but here they all are, laid out easily and accessibly. There is also a brief guide which explains to the reader what Smith was trying to do in each section of the work, which makes reading it much easier." - Dr Eamonn Butler, Director, Adam Smith Institute
For years I have looked around for a really nice hardback edition of The Wealth of Nations without finding one. But this new edition is splendid, the sort of thing I am pleased to have on my shelf, and which would make a fine gift too.
"Adam Smith was the first to see that the measure of a nation's wealth was not money, but the industry and enterprise of its people. That a thriving and growing economy could lift whole nations out of poverty. And that the keys to economic growth were incentives, free enterprise, and productivity. That makes The Wealth of Nations just as relevant today as when it was written. So I am delighted to see this handsome new edition.
Guardian Unlimited
"This week, the Backbencher has a copy of the new 656-page edition of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations to give away to a lucky reader, courtesy of Harriman House. The foreword is by George Osborne. ...
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"A history gradiate from Oxford, (George) Osborne enjoys intellectual pursuits. He wrote the foreword for the latest edition of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations."
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"George Osborne recently wrote an introduction to a new edition of the book..."
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"Much to the delight of the free-market right, there's a spanking new edition of the Wealth of Nations in the shops. George Osborne has penned the foreword and says Adam Smith's masterpiece is as ...
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[one of the] all time greatsWealth of Nations is on the Financial Times list of the best business books of all time, 25th September 2007
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a spanking new editionLarry Elliott, Economics EditorThe Guardian, 9th July 2007
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this new edition is splendid, the sort of thing I am pleased to have on my shelf, and which would make a fine gift too.Dr Eamonn Butler, Director, Adam Smith Institute20th June 2007
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