Product Description: In the two centuries since the death of Adam Smith much has been written about his ideas and his works. A comprehensive hagiogrophy has developed which now surrounds, and even obscures, the author of "Wealth of Nations". The contributors of this book aim to take a fresh look at and a careful consideration of the cogency and value of Smith's work...read more

Product Description: The second edition of this guide to Adam Smith's system of thought has been fully updated to reflect recent developments in Smith scholarship and Professor Skinner's experience of teaching Smith to a student audience. The material from the first edition has been extensively rewritten, and four new chapters have been added, covering Smith's essays on the exercise of human understanding, and his relationship to Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, and Sir James Steuart...read more

Product Description: This textbook provides a thorough and stimulating coverage of second and third year selected microeconomic topics culminating in an exposition of game theory including repeated games and theories of rational choice. Starting from a Paretian perspective, the argument explores the logic of choice and interdependence of consumers and firms, reviews the efficiency conditions of a general equilibrium framework and then derives the corresponding Marshallian functions and the familiar equilibrium conditions...read more

Product Description: The Scottish political economist Sir James Steuart (1713-1780) completed the first two books of the "Principles" while living in Tubingen in 1759. One of the most important features of Steuart's career was his extensive knowledge of the Continent...read more

Product Description: This text gives rise to an institutional analysis of the economy centred around the division of labour and social knowledge. The book begins with the issue of scientific development as an aspect of division of labour, before exploring issues on the moral bases of social interaction...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)