Saving Adam Smith: A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue
Author: Jonathan B. Wight
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ISBN: 0130659045
Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall (29 October, 2001)
Sales Rank: 178,725
Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 1 out of 5
bad economics at it's worst
Ok, I am an economist, and I know that no self respecting economist these days actually believes this stuff. There is little free market in the US, there are women who don't need a man to tell her about economics (this book could not have made women sound any more stupid), and there is little virtue about this book. The fact is, the economics in this book will not make you smarter, but will simply keep the rich in control. And, perhaps the worst is, the writing is simply horrible. Practice your market skills by avoiding this book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Economics for Real Life
All anyone ever hears about Adam Smith concerns his Wealth of Nations, everywhere from Economics class to movies like "A Beautiful Mind." This book is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about Adam Smith as a person and about what he really thought. Instead of dry biography, this book brings Adam Smith and his theories about economics and society directly into today's world. The story is funny and the characters are interesting and likeable; the novel makes the economic theories relatively painless. I've heard that a true economist is someone who sees something work in real life and wonders if it would work in theory; I think it's important for people to learn that this icon of economics was more complicated than that, and because of that I highly recommend this book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Review of Adam Smith
I read Saving Adam Smith because the author, Dr. Jonathan Wight, was coming to my school as a visiting author. I did not know anything about Adam Smith or economics before I read it, but I learned about markets, economy and self interest v. greed. I thought the book was easy to read and I was surprised to understand the economic theory in the book. I liked the adventerous plot that kept me intested. I liked the storyline about the drive across country and all the trouble they got into. It was a fun book to read. Similar Products
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