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Adam Smith into the Twenty First Century (The Shaftesbury Papers series, 7) by Edwin George West is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Adam Smith into the Twenty-First Century examines how Smith’s deliberations on constitutional economics can now be tested by current empirical work in the social sciences. Edwin West shows how Smith’s scepticism about the proposition that democracy is conducive to economic growth is supported by modern research. Current social science is also shown to support Smith’s views that government improves with the expansion of trade and that liberty is strongly associated with growing prosperity. Smith’s argument that personal freedom to act should be allowed providing that the “laws of justice” are not violated is compared with J.S. Mill’s view that liberty should be allowed except where “harm to others” may thereby be prevented. In Adam Smith into the Twenty-First Century, Professor West argues convincingly that Smith’s liberalism is not dead, but is enjoying a revival which will continue into the twenty-first century.

Who reads Adam Smith into the Twenty First Century (The Shaftesbury Papers series, 7)?

Author

Edwin George West

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9781858981970

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, History, Business

Rating

3 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14