The latter, usually abbreviated as The Wealth of Nations, is considered his magnum opus and the first modern work of economics. Adam Smith is widely cited as the father of modern economics. For other authors of this name, see https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2886166.Adam_Smith 查看...
Goodreads, a site that allows users to rate and recommend books, recently released its community's picks for the best fiction books of 2015. This year, 190,758 users cast votes for the best fiction novel of 2015. The top pick received 31,093 votes, or 16 percent of the overall vote...
Two nations, two sitcoms, one premise: What if one of us could see ghosts? Infusing genre complications into the world of TV situation comedies, “Ghosts” has become a hit in both the UK and the U.S.! We recommend both, compare the different versions, and try to explain why the whol...
“The Glass Lodgetranscends all the cliches of the angst-ridden Urban Indian. McDonald’s verse is a brilliant fusion of the brutality and hope that is inherent in the Aboriginal experience. I have never read poetry that so closely resembles my own experience as a First Nations man.”–Darre...
The reality is that both the ideals of classical liberalism, and the economic interests of the population as a whole, were very much at odds with British imperialism, and the mercantilist system – which was precisely what Adam Smith addressed in his “Wealth of Nations.” 2. You say: “…...
Alex Taylor is a writer who lives in Rosine, Kentucky and teaches at Western Kentucky. I have his bookThe Blood Speeds the Travelerin French translation but couldn’t find it in English on Goodreads or online bookstores. It’s published by Gallmeister and I wonder if it’s ever been publ...
He ends by outlining a robust set of policies that democratic nations can implement to shut down the Wealth Defense Industry for good. This shocking exposé of the insidious machinery of inequality is essential reading for anyone wanting the inside story of our age of plutocratic plunder and ...
Is the tea plot the first incursion of a great war between nations? Add a fantasy twist and you might have a vampire queen building her kingdom’s dominance through the tea trade. Or a lich who uses his smugglers as scouts, probing for an initial invasion of hisundead hordes. ...
“an important symbol of the Supreme Being, borrowed by the Freemasons from the nations of antiquity.” The All Seeing Eye is a symbol representing the watchful gaze of God. It reminds us that every thought and action is to be recorded by the Grand Architect of the Universe, and that we...
. We maintain that the smart city cannot be defined in its own terms and must be seen as an integral part of the political economy of states, nations and global development. If correct, this perspective demands that the smart city should be recognized as a different phenomenon wherever it ...