On The Wealth Of Nations: Books That Changed The World
by P. J. O'Rourke /
2007 / English / Mobipocket
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On The Wealth of Nations, America’s most provocative
satirist, P. J. O’Rourke, reads Adam Smith’s revolutionary
, America’s most provocative
satirist, P. J. O’Rourke, reads Adam Smith’s revolutionaryThe
Wealth of Nations
The
Wealth of Nations so you don’t have to. Recognized almost
instantly on its publication in 1776 as the fundamental work of
economics,
so you don’t have to. Recognized almost
instantly on its publication in 1776 as the fundamental work of
economics,The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations was also recognized as
really long: the original edition totaled over nine hundred
pages in two volumesincluding the blockbuster sixty-seven-page
digression concerning the variations in the value of silver
during the course of the last four centuries,” which, to those
uninterested in the historiography of currency supply, is like
reading Modern Maturity in Urdu.” Although daunting, Smith’s tome
is still essential to understanding such current hot-topics as
outsourcing, trade imbalances, and Angelina Jolie. In this
hilarious, approachable, and insightful examination of Smith and
his groundbreaking work, P. J. puts his trademark wit to good
use, and shows us why Smith is still relevant, why what seems
obvious now was once revolutionary, and why the pursuit of
self-interest is so important.
was also recognized as
really long: the original edition totaled over nine hundred
pages in two volumesincluding the blockbuster sixty-seven-page
digression concerning the variations in the value of silver
during the course of the last four centuries,” which, to those
uninterested in the historiography of currency supply, is like
reading Modern Maturity in Urdu.” Although daunting, Smith’s tome
is still essential to understanding such current hot-topics as
outsourcing, trade imbalances, and Angelina Jolie. In this
hilarious, approachable, and insightful examination of Smith and
his groundbreaking work, P. J. puts his trademark wit to good
use, and shows us why Smith is still relevant, why what seems
obvious now was once revolutionary, and why the pursuit of
self-interest is so important.
