{"product_id":"adam-smith-9780141987118","title":"Adam Smith","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A superb book'' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam  Smith is now widely regarded as ''the father of modern economics'' and  the most influential economist who ever lived. But what he really  thought, and what the implications of his ideas are, remain fiercely  contested. Was he an eloquent advocate of capitalism and the freedom of  the individual? Or a prime mover of ''market fundamentalism'' and an  apologist for inequality and human selfishness? Or something else  entirely? Jesse Norman''s brilliantly conceived ook gives us not just  Smith''s economics, but his vastly wider intellectual project. Against  the turbulent backdrop of Enlightenment Scotland, it lays out a succinct  and highly engaging account of Smith''s life and times, reviews his work  as a whole and traces his influence over the past two centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut  this book is not only a biography. It dispels the myths and debunks the  caricatures that have grown up around Adam Smith. It exp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis splendid book not only presents an excellent introduction to the life and ideas of Adam Smith, but also explains why - and how - Smith's insights can help us solve some of the most difficult social and economic problems of the contemporary world.  Smith loved lucidity and relevance, and I think he would have been very happy with Norman's book. -- Amartya Sen\u003cbr\u003eMasterly ... amid the superficiality and hysterics of modern British politics, an admirably thoughtful brain is lurking -- Edward Lucas * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn important work of revisionist biography with a direct and important impact on the intellectual underpinnings of liberal free-market thought -- Oliver Letwin * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eSuperb ... Norman succeeds in demonstrating the coherence and subtlety of Adam Smith's thought -- Martin Wolf * Financial Times (Books of the Year) *\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable and intensely readable book ... a rejoinder to those who fear that the intellectual has disappeared from politics -- John Kay * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is well-written, well-argued and intensely thought-provoking, and it will rightly raise Smith's posthumous reputation -- Simon Heffer * Spectator *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732507603287,"sku":"9780141987118","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141987118.jpg?v=1719997189","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/adam-smith-9780141987118","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}