Adam Smith, Wealth Without NationsA critical view, in every day language, of much unread foundation text of right-wing political economy. There is analysis of Adam Smith on division of labour, small government, free trade and the need to promote productive labour. Gwydion Williams finds that Smith described not the division of labour, but fragmentation of work; his famous example of pin-making is flawed, and industrialism is not necessarily capitalist. |
Contents
Introduction 7 | 14 |
The Social Division Of Labour | 38 |
What Is Wealth? | 74 |
Copyright | |
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