This edition contains generous selections from all five volumes of The Wealth of Nations, and places Smith's inquiry into its historical, intellectual, and cultural context.

A world-renowned economist tackles tough questions and contends that governments can play an essential role in the development of markets.

"This book is a sorely needed corrective. Animal Spirits is an important--maybe even a decisive--contribution at a difficult juncture in macroeconomic theory."--Robert M. Solow, Nobel Prize-winning economist "This book is dynamite.

In this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of an immensely influential economic philosophy—one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition ...

With this new edition, The Road to Serfdom takes its place in the series The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek.

The biography of Milton & Rose Friedman.

The new edition of this classroom classic retains the organizing theme of the original text, presenting the development of thought within the context of economic history.

What is needed, and what this book offers, is a model of the relationship between law and social norms.

The past twenty years have been an era of economic disappointment in the U.S. They have also been a time of intense economic debate, as rival ideologies contend for policy influence.

Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society; and Robert Reich’s Introduction both clarifies Smith’s analyses and illuminates his overall ...