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This book came very fast, was very affordable, and was in great condition when it arrived.
Now that we have the Fed which can endlessly print out fiat money without even being audited, there is really no need for the economic principles laid out in this book. When we need people, we bring them in from other countries. When we need money, we print money. When we need jobs, the government makes jobs. When we have too many people, we have another war.As you can see there is really no need for you to read this book. Instead, for updated and relevant books on economics, try Barack Obama's Audacity of Hope, or Dreams of my Fathers.
There is no simpler, more truthful rhetoric to explain economy, without being offensive to the reader, than what Smith has given us in this book over 200 years ago. This book is a compass to economy. Enjoy.
Anyone contemplating outsourced jobs and how our economy has sunk so low should read this book before handing a copy of it to their Congressman. kind of like taking the Bible and completing the out-of-context biblical quotes spewed out by radical right-wing Christians (they say "woman obey your husband" and you finish the biblical passages in context and say something like "put your wife above all others. Adam Smith DESPISED big business and wrote his great economic tome in support of SMALL to MID-SIZED businesses. although this book is understandable because Smith ties abstract economic pricipals to ordinary commodities such as herring and corn, it is best read in small, digestible chunks due to the archaic 18th-century English. Although Mr. Smith supports open trade, what is being called "free trade" by modern politicians and multinational corporations who quote Adam Smith in support of their rape/pillage/burn of America bears no relation whatsoever to the policies Adam Smith wrote in support of. ALWAYS GO TO THE SOURCE. Makes the person mis-quoting the great work look like a donkey and you look like Stephen Hawkings.Caveat.
Go to the source and read up on what REALLY ails the global economy today. and husbands don't be vexatious to your wife."). The Bantam version is great because for the price of a double mochachino you, too, can sound like a genius and poke lots of fun holes in your MBA drone brother-in-laws pro-big-business blather. Pay special attention to Smith's comments about the herring subsidies (Monsanto, big oil), taxes (a necessary evil), and corporate monopolies (Walmart/big banks - whenever they get together the common man is worse off). You'd be amazed to discover how many of the MBA-Ph.D Economist drones quoting Adam Smith in support of so-called "free trade" policies have never read it (almost none). I kept mine in the bathroom and read one short chapter (most run 5-12 pages) every time I visited Uncle John.
the kind controlled by a real person and not an over-payed CEO and unaccountable board of directors. Talking about this book at cocktail parties where MBA-drones congregate is great fun. Before I knew it all 1,187 pages had been painlessly digested (no pun intended).Avoid cheap pro-big-business Chicago School of Economics knockoffs of Adam Smith. Buy two copies and give one to your favorite politician today.
The Wealth of Nations (An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations) by Adam Smith. Published by MobileReference (mobi).A great introduction to modern economics. This book gives the motivation for many modern economic concepts that is often lost in mathematical formalism.
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