Financial Times
'The rise of corporate power, oligopoly and monopoly, is something Smith was constantly concerned about.'
'The rise of corporate power, oligopoly and monopoly, is something Smith was constantly concerned about.'
The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith
"Every economics student knows The Wealth of Nations, but this earlier book presents a far richer and nuanced view of human nature than its more famous successor."
- Eric Maskin, economist, 2007 Nobel laureate, and author of "The Arrow Impossibility Theorem"
"What an excellent work is that with which our common friend Mr. Adam Smith has enriched the public!" Adam Smith—author of economic treatise "The Wealth of Nations"— was born on June 16th 1723
Bringing dead economists back to life
Adam Smith on the financial crisis Jan 27th 2015, 23:23 BY T.E. | NEW YORK
TIRED of lightweights bickering over the financial crisis and its aftermath? Of economic upheaval becoming merely fodder for intellectually dishonest political campaigns? Wonder what biggest thinkers might have to say? Our efforts to consult the giants of economics have been hampered by an unfortunate fact: many of the most important ones are not only dead, but they died long before governments and central banks began to concoct such unconventional policy tools such as quantitative easing. That explains their absence from the argument—so far.
In an attempt to cross this divide, notwithstanding the obstacles, your correspondent attended a lecture at the Harvard Club of New York on January 21st by James Otteson, a professor of political economy at Wake Forest University and the editor of a new book, “What Adam Smith Knew, Moral Lessons on Capitalism from its Greatest Champions and Fiercest Opponents”. And he asked what the great Scottish economist might have to say about the most recent crisis.
Mr Otteson was kind enough to channel Mr Smith in response by citing a string of illuminating passages. It is no surprise that the man who coined the term "invisible hand" would be no fan of overt government intervention. His dissent could be split into three intertwined categories: the temptation of governments to meddle at long-term cost to society; the dangers of paper money; and how the issues of debt and money shift wealth from the future to the present. That, he thought, constitutes a form of generational theft.
The first these, the temptation to meddle, touches on a core component of Smith's philosophy, most notably captured, Mr Otteson says, in the great economist's first book, “The Theory of Moral Sentiment” (1759). The "man of system" makes the mistake of thinking he can arrange the pieces of human society as if they were pieces on a chess board, but a human being has "a principle of motion of its own altogether different from that which the legislature might choose to impress upon it". Unintended consequences may result from governments imposing their ideas on society by coercion, thereby creating ongoing strife.
In "The Wealth of Nations"(1776), Smith's more famous work, he frequently discussed the fragility and moral hazard of paper money, noting that it can disguise the growth of debt and provide an appearance of wealth that is hollow; a devastating "juggling trick". It is not a stretch to imagine that, if Smith were to come back and produce a revised edition, he might cite central-bank balance-sheets as an illustration of this.
Much of the extra regulation that was imposed after the financial crisis was justified as protection for individuals, but Smith would have been suspicious of such a top-down system. "The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers," Smith wrote. "It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence."
All these points suggest that the financial crisis might better be thought of in two pieces, the initial tumult and the response, whose pernicious consequences lay ahead. Beyond the vast amount of public debt created during the crisis, the mere act of bailing out the institutions involved undermined the fear that Smith said was essential to prevent future fraud and negligence. What then is the alternative, if ever greater reliance on Mr Smith's "man of system" and his flaws is to be avoided? In seeing what has unfolded, Smith would be forgiven if he were to ask an obvious question: how could his ideas and his name continue to be so widely circulated while their meaning is ignored? It is left to the reader to decide whether Smith can provide all the answers for the modern world.
《亞當·斯密傳 》張亞萍譯 杭州:浙江大學出版社2013 The Life of Adam SmithSecond EditionIan Simpson Ross
Table of ContentsAdam Smith 1723-90 Smith's conception of ‘economic man’ was primarily a product of his moral philosophy. While defending the motive of self-interest against Hutcheson's ... By Andrew Skinner. From The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, 2008--- 1987第一版就是 Andrew Skinner寫的http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/search_results?q=adam+smith&edition=current&button_search=GO 亞當·斯密 通信集 北京商務2012 第268號信是空的 由近幾年出版的2本書可知北京的出版單位的編輯和翻譯之質量大退步 不若1983年的. 亚当·斯密傳 亚当·斯密传译者: 胡企林 / 陈应年作者: [英]约翰·雷 ISBN: 9787100014168 页数: 553 定价: 23.7 出版社: 商务印书馆 丛书: 世界名人传记丛书 装帧: 平装 出版年: 1983/1998-10-1 简介 · · · · · ·
本译文所依据的是出版于1965年的原书重印本——也是原书的每一次重印本。在 这重印本中,雅各布·瓦伊纳为原书写了专篇“指南”。“指南”详细地指出原书中所举的一些事实的错误、遗漏、模糊及不确实的地方,以短文注 释的形式对之作了矫正,并进而补充了一结过去研究斯密生平的学者所未解决的问题和所忽视的领域的新材料。
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约翰·雷(John Rae,1845-1915)是十九世纪末叶英国的一个新闻工作者。他写过两本有关经济学的著作——《现代社会主义》(1884年);《八小时工作 制》(1894年》——但说不上是一个经济学家。他也不是一个专业传记家,但他却写了这部成为名人传记古典作品的《亚当·斯密传》(1895年)。这本书 在其出版后的大半个世纪中,一直被公认为亚当·斯密这个英国古典经常学最伟大代表之一的最详尽、最优秀的传记。
目录 · · · · · ·序言第一章 在柯卡尔迪的少年时代 第二章 格拉斯哥大学的学生 第三章 在牛津大学 第四章 在爱丁堡大学担任讲师 第五章 在格拉斯哥大学担任教授 第六章 承提大学行政事务 第七章 同格拉斯哥的市民在一起 第八章 在爱丁堡的活动 第九章 《道德情操论》 第十章 初访伦敦 第十一章 在格拉斯哥的最后一年 第十二章 图卢兹 第十三章 日内瓦 第十四章 巴黎 第十五章 伦敦 第十六章 柯卡尔迪 第十七章 伦敦 第十八章 《国富论》 第十九章 休谟之死 第二十章 再赴伦敦——受任海关专员 第二十一章 在爱丁堡 第二十二章 1778年的书信 第二十三章 爱尔兰自由贸易问题 第二十四章 《国富论》在国内外 第二十五章 斯密接受采访 第二十六章 美国问题及其他政治问题 第二十七章 伯克在苏格兰 第二十八章 人口问题 第二十九章 访问伦敦 第三十章 塞缪尔·罗杰斯的来访 第三十一章 《道德情操论》的修订 第三十二章 最后的日子 约翰·雷著《亚当·斯宇航局传 》指南 译后记 汉英索引 ***** Adam Smith: A Moral Philosopher and His Political Economy: (Great Thinkers in Economics) by Gavin Kennedy |
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This book presents the authentic Adam Smith and explores his underlying approach and radical thinking, aiming to re-establish his original intentions. It questions modern interpretations, assumptions and attributions relating to Adam Smith's works. Also, it contains Adam Smith's unique understanding of what was really happening in the mid-18th century and what had happened in Western Europe since the 16th century and restores an authentic account of Adam Smith's work in the 18th century both as a moral philosopher and a political economist. This book presents the authentic Adam Smith and explores his underlying approach and radical thinking, aiming to re-establish his original intentions. The book provides a crucial reminder of how relevant Adam Smith was in his own time, and how relevant he remains as we experience the worldwide spread of opulence today. |
Most people know of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations only by reputation. Readers are a distinct minority. No wonder that false ideas ascribed to Adam Smith continue to circulate in public policy and debate.
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Smith’s intellectual legacy was transformed in the 19th and 20th centuries, often into the opposite of what he actually recommended. What Smith wrote about that was relevant to his world of mid-18th century Britain might merit consideration two centuries on, but not by a slavish use of misunderstood quotations isolated from their context.
Smith wrote for the 18th century. He did not foresee an ‘industrial revolution’ nor did he anticipate ‘capitalism’, neither knowing the words nor the phenomena. He did not consider it appropriate for society to be run by or for ‘merchants and manufacturers’, and nor did he accept that the rich and powerful, including kings, had the right to oppress with punitive laws. He did not encourage laissez faire (two words he never used) because he was aware of the limitations of markets and of the usefulness and limitations of the State, and nor did he support leaving the poor without realistic opportunities of sharing in their country’s wealth.
In short, Smith’s ideas did not qualify him for the phoney cliché title of the ‘High Priest of Capitalism’ or its ‘Apostle’, and neither was he a sort of leftwing, or even moderate, ‘socialist’. He was a firm believer in the positive influence of commerce through trade and exchange in harmonising social and international relations in a society subject to the rule of law, justice and with representative government.
About the author
Gavin Kennedy has taught in universities for 32 years. An economist by education, he has published widely in negotiation behaviour and in defence economics.
After graduating from the University of Strathclyde where he studied economics (BA, MSc) he graduated PhD from Brunel University and commenced an academic career, starting as a Lecturer (Brunel), then Senior Lecturer (Strathclyde), retiring as a Professor (Heriot-Watt).
In between academic duties he pursued his two interests of defence economics (The Military in the Third World, Duckworth, 1974; The Economics of Defence, Faber 1975; and Burden Sharing in NATO, Duckworth, 1979) and negotiation (Everything is Negotiable, Random House, 1983; Pocket Negotiator, The Economist/ Profile Books, 1993; and Kennedy on Negotiation, 1998, Gower).
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亚当·斯密 = Adam Smith (英) 加文·肯尼迪著 苏军译
肯尼迪, G. (Kennedy, Gavin) 著
《亚当斯密》
(英)加文肯尼迪着,苏军译,华夏出版社,2009年7月第一版这本书的英文版2008年面世,它的英语广告这样写着:本书描述了真实可信的斯密, 探究了斯密基础的思路和激进的思考,意在重构斯密的原本意向。斯密的激进思考,至少包括他在《道德情操论》1789年最后版本提供给读者的解释:“我曾在 本书第一版的最后一段说过,我要在另一本书中努力说明法律和政府的基本原则……”
为什么斯密不继续完成“法学手稿”?在这本书的第五章,读者可以找到答案。
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Edition used:
Essays on Philosophical Subjects, ed. W. P. D. Wightman and J. C. Bryce, vol. III of the Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1982).- Author: Adam Smith
- Editor: J.C. Bryce
- Editor: William P.D. Wightman
Part of: The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, 7 vols.
- Key to Abbreviations and References
- General Introduction
- Introduction
- The History of Astronomy
- The History of the Ancient Physics and the History of the Ancient Logics and Metaphysics
- The History of Astronomy
- Section I: Of the Effect of Unexpectedness, Or of Surprise
- Section II: Of Wonder, Or of the Effects of Novelty
- Section III: Of the Origin of Philosophy
- Section IV: The History of Astronomy
- Of the External Senses
- Of the Nature of That Imitation Which Takes Place In What Are Called the Imitative Arts/of the Affinity Between Music, Dancing, and Poetry
- Of the Affinity Between Music, Dancing, and Poetry
- Of the Affinity Between Certain English and Italian Verses
- Contributions to the Edinburgh Review of 1755–56 Review of Johnson’s Dictionary a Letter to the Authors of the Edinburgh Review
- Review of Johnson’s Dictionary
- A Letter to the Authors of the Edinburgh Review.
- Appendix: Passages Quoted From Rousseau
- Preface and Dedication to William Hamilton’s Poems On Several Occasions
- Account of the Life and Writings of Adam Smith, Ll.d. From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh [read By Mr Stewart, January 21, and March 18, 1793]
《亞當·斯密哲學文集 》北京商務 2012
圖書目錄:
天文學的歷史——以天文學史為觀照,論引領並指導
哲學探索的諸原則
哲學探索的諸原則
第一部分論意外或驚訝所產生的影響
第二部分論好奇或新奇感所產生的影響
第三部分論哲學的起源
第四部分天文學的歷史
古代物理學的歷史——以古代物理學的歷史為觀照,論引領並指導哲學探索的諸原則
古代邏輯學和形而上學的歷史——以古代邏輯學和形而上學的歷史為觀照,論引領並指導哲學探索的諸原則
論外在感官
論所謂模仿藝術中模仿的本質 (台灣協助工業有翻印本)
古代邏輯學和形而上學的歷史——以古代邏輯學和形而上學的歷史為觀照,論引領並指導哲學探索的諸原則
論外在感官
論所謂模仿藝術中模仿的本質 (台灣協助工業有翻印本)
附錄:論音樂、舞蹈和詩歌之間的類同
論英語詩歌與意大利語詩歌之間的類同
評約翰遜的《英語詞典》
致《愛丁堡評論》創刊人的一封信
威廉·漢密爾頓《感遇詩集》序言(1748)
威廉·漢密爾頓《感遇詩集》書前獻詞(1758)
評約翰遜的《英語詞典》
致《愛丁堡評論》創刊人的一封信
威廉·漢密爾頓《感遇詩集》序言(1748)
威廉·漢密爾頓《感遇詩集》書前獻詞(1758)
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