Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Preface.- 1. General Introduction.- 2. Smith on Bargaining.- 3. The Edinburgh Rhetoric Lectures.- 4. Smith's use of the "Invisible Hand" metaphor.- 5. The myths of the invisible hand.- 6. Smith on Jurisprudence.- 7. The Theory of Moral Sentiments.- 8. Wealth of Nations.- 9. Summary and Conclusions
Synopsis
Provides an informed survey of the existing corpus of Smithian studies, as well as a number of suggested original lines of further debate
Though not written as a biography, it often draws on details of Smith's life in order to illustrate an authentic version of his works and the ideas that informed them
Makes extensive use of primary sources on Smith