How Adam Smith can change your life

an unexpected guide to human nature and happiness

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How Adam Smith can change your life

an unexpected guide to human nature and happiness

  • 4.0 (3 ratings) ·
  • 9 Want to read
  • 3 Have read

"How the insights of an 18th century economist can help us live better in the 21st century. Adam Smith became famous for The Wealth of Nations, but the Scottish economist also cared deeply about our moral choices and behavior--the subjects of his other brilliant book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759). Now, economist Russ Roberts shows why Smith's neglected work might be the greatest self-help book you've never read. Roberts explores Smith's unique and fascinating approach to fundamental questions such as: - What is the deepest source of human satisfaction? - Why do we sometimes swing between selfishness and altruism? - What's the connection between morality and happiness? Drawing on current events, literature, history, and pop culture, Roberts offers an accessible and thought-provoking view of human behavior through the lenses of behavioral economics and philosophy"--

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Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Language
English
Pages
261

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Table of Contents

How Adam Smith can change your life
How to know yourself
How to be happy
How not to fool yourself
How to be loved
How to be lovely
How to be good
How to make the world a better place
How not to make the world a better place
How to live in the modern world.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
170
Library of Congress
BJ1005.S6453 R63 2014, BJ1005.S6453R63 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
261 pages
Number of pages
261

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27174933M
ISBN 10
1591846846
ISBN 13
9781591846840
LCCN
2014021674
OCLC/WorldCat
881681030

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