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Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism

by Glory Liu

The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free markets Originally published in 1776, Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations was lauded by America’s founders as a landmark work of Enlightenment thinking about national wealth, statecraft, and moral virtue.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780691203812