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Self-Interest Before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science

Self-Interest Before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science

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Series: Ideas in Context, Book 68

Economics

ISBN10: 0521036194
ISBN13: 9780521036191
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 23 2007
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Pierre Force studies the history of the concept of self-interest to understand its meaning by the time that Adam Smith used it as an axiom in The Wealth of Nations. He demonstrates that Smith, unlike many of his predecessors and contemporaries, never endorsed the idea that self-interest is the motivation behind all human action, although the selfish hypothesis did have a place in his doctrine. This book provides insight on classic puzzles of economic theory and is a major work from an outstanding scholar.

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