The mythology of Adam Smith. Shcherbakov A.

You are a book about a book. This genre has become a rarity in our time, when reading is more and more replaced by the absorption of information flows. However, the scientific work, which will be discussed, entered the treasury of world economic thought and has not lost its relevance to the present. We are talking about the work of Adam Smith “A study on the nature and causes of the wealth of peoples”, which first saw the light in 1776.

Unfortunately, in recent years this work of A. Smith has grown up so many speculations and myths that the need arose Dispers these myths. It is this goal that the real book is dedicated. It describes in detail A. Smith's views on the economy and the structure of society. The reader will be surprised to learn that there is no “invisible hand of the market”, and in his views A. Smith is a typical statesman and can not claim the role of the founder of modern market fundamentalism.

The book will not only be interesting to economists, But to everyone who is interested in the economy and the history of economic teachings. Reading this book does not require special economic knowledge.