Autor Adam Smith

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was one of the brightest stars of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was his most important book. First published in London in March 1776, it had been eagerly…

Nejznámější dílo zakladatele ekonomické vědy není třeba představovat. Bohatství národů vyšlo po dlouhých desetiletích opět v češtině, aby se čeští čtenáři mohli opět seznámit s nestárnoucí Smithovou obhajobou „neviditelné ruky trhu“ a varováním před…

The luxuriously printed duotone photographs in One are accompanied by essays from esteemed contemporary authors Adam Gopnik, Susan Orlean, Francine Prose and Andrew Solomon. Patti Smith contributes the book's foreword while Dr Samantha Boardman writes…

It is symbolic that Adam Smith's masterpiece of economic analysis, The Wealth of Nations, was first published in 1776, the same year as the Declaration of Independence. In his book, Smith fervently extolled the simple yet enlightened notion that individuals…