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Self-Interest before Adam Smith :A G...

Daston, Lorraine.

Self-Interest before Adam Smith :A Genealogy of Economic Science.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Self-Interest before Adam Smith :
Reminder of title:	A Genealogy of Economic Science.
Author:	Force, Pierre.
other author:	Daston, Lorraine.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2003.
Description:	298 p.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511490538 (electronic bk.)

Self-Interest before Adam Smith :A Genealogy of Economic Science.
Force, Pierre.

Self-Interest before Adam Smith :A Genealogy of Economic Science.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2003. - 298 p.

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Self-interest as a first principle; 2 Epicurean vs. Stoic schemes; 3 Self-interest and reason; 4 Passions, interests, and society; 5 Interested and disinterested commerce; 6 Self-interest and the public good; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

A study of the history of the concept of self-interest before Adam Smith, in order to understand what it meant when Adam Smith used it as an axiom in The Wealth of Nations. The author shows that Smith's theory refutes the 'selfish hypothesis' yet integrates it at the same time.

Electronic reproduction.

Available via World Wide Web.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780511490538 (electronic bk.)Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HB75. / F67 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 330.15221

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