Adam Smith was born in Scotland, in 1723, and received his early
education at the local burgh school. He subsequently attended
Glasgow University (1737-1740), and Balliol College, Oxford
(1740-1746). Two years after his return to Scotland, Smith moved to
Edinburgh, where he delivered lectures on Rhetoric. In 1751 Smith
was appointed Professor of Logic at Glasgow, but was translated to
chair of Moral Philosophy in 1752. The Theory of Moral Sentiments
was published in 1759, and The Wealth of Nations in 1776, the same
year as the Declaration of Independence.
Amartya Sen (introduction) is a Nobel Prize-winning economist,
known for his work on the way economics affects the well-being of
humans. Formerly the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, he is
now the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor of Economics and
Philosophy at Harvard University. His many books include
Development as Freedom, Identity and Violence, and The Idea of
Justice.
Ryan Patrick Hanley (editor) is the author of Adam Smith and the
Character of Virtue and Our Great Purpose- Adam Smith on Living a
Better Life, and the editor of Adam Smith- His Life, Thought, and
Legacy.A professor of political science at Boston College, he has
been the recipient of fellowships from the Mellon Foundation and
the National Endowment for the Humanities.
"One of the truly outstanding books in the intellectual history of the world . . . A global manifesto of profound significance to the interdependent world in which we live. It is indeed a book of amazing reach and contemporary relevance." ―Amartya Sen, from the Introduction
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