Capitalism as a Moral System - 9781849801294

Capitalism as a Moral System: Adam Smith\u2019s Critique of the Free Market Economy\nby Spencer J. Pack\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Spencer J. Pack\nTitle: Capitalism as a Moral System: Adam Smith\u2019s Critique of the Free Market Economy\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Economic theory and philosophy\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nPublication year: 2010\nISBN-13: 9781849801294\nISBN-10: 1849801290\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis powerful and thoroughly documented book overturns many long-held beliefs about Adam Smith. Spencer Pack demonstrates that contrary to popular myth, Adam Smith was not a dogmatic defender of laissez-faire capitalism and neither was he in favour of regressive taxation. The book stresses for the first time the many qualms and prob.