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ARTIGOS • Nova econ. 27 (02) • May-Aug 2017 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6351/3743   copy

240 years of The Wealth of Nations

240 anos de A Riqueza das Nações

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract:

Why should we read a book printed 240 years ago? The book is old. Our circumstances and institutions are different. Its examples are dated. Its policies are irrelevant today. Its economic theories are full of mistakes. Even its political ideology is ambiguous. So, why bother reading this old book?

Keywords:
Adam Smith; Wealth of Nations; wealth; growth; justice

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