The Wealth of Nations
Written by Adam Smith
Narrated by Michael Lunts
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About this audiobook
Along with important discussions of economics and political theory, Smith mixed plain common sense with large measures of history, philosophy, psychology, sociology and much else. Few texts remind us so clearly that the Enlightenment was very much a lived experience, a concern with improving them human condition in practical ways for real people.
This recording opens with an informative and helpful introduction by Mark G. Spencer of Brock University, Ontario, Canada, an authority on the period. He places the work and its concepts against the background of Smith's life and influences, and includes his strong friendships with key figures of the time varying from the philosopher David Hume, the chemist William Cullen and the architect Robert Adam.
The Wealth of Nations is divided into five books. Book I: Of the Causes of Improvement in the Productive Powers of Labour, and of the Order according to which its Produce is Naturally Distributed Among the Different Ranks of the People. Book 2: Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock. Book 3: Of the Different Progress of Opulence in Different Nations. Book 4: Of Systems of Political Economy. Book 5: Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth.
A masterpiece by any measure, The Wealth of Nations remains a classic of world literature to be usefully enjoyed by listeners today. It receives an engaged and clear reading from Michael Lunts.
Adam Smith
Adam Smith wird 1723 in Kirkaldy in Schottland geboren. Mit 14 Jahren beginnt er das Studium an der Universität Glasgow in den Fächern Klassische Philologie, Moralphilosophie und Mathematik u.a. als Schüler Hutchesons. 1750 beruft man Smith, der immer noch ohne größere Publikation ist, an die Universität Glasgow. 1759 geht sein erstes großes Werk aus dem ethischen Kurs der moralphilosophischen Vorlesungen unter dem Titel Theorie der ethischen Gefühle hervor, das ihn weit über die Grenzen Schottlands hinaus bekannt macht. In das Zentrum seiner Abhandlung stellte Smith die Frage nach dem moralischen Urteil. Wie Hume hält er dabei die menschliche Natur für die Grundlage der Moral und sieht im Gefühl der Sympathie das entscheidende Motiv für die Billigung bzw. Nichtbilligung einer Handlung. 1776 erscheint Eine Untersuchung über Natur und Ursachen des Wohlstands der Nationen. Nach der Natur und den Ursachen des Wohlstandes und seiner Verteilung fragend, entwickelt Smith hier ein Modell der wirtschaftlichen Mechanismen und spricht sich für die natürliche Freiheit des Marktprozesses aus, dessen Akkumulationsdynamik er erkennt. Die Eigensucht wird dabei zum movens eines effektiven Wohlfahrtssystems transformiert. Damit bleibt die Ökonomie bei Smith ein Teil der Moralphilosophie.Adam Smith stirbt 1790 in Edinburgh.
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