Adam Smith and Economic Science

"Jan Peil's book aims to provide a new model for interpreting Smith's contribution to economic science." "This model elucidates Smith's vision of the free market economy by placing it in the historical circumstances of the time. In discussing Smith's economics, the author clearly focuses on the question: why should we re-read Smith and according to which model of interpretation? Finally, he discusses the relevance of reinterpreting Smith's economics as part of moral philosophy for today's debate on the principles of economics."

"This book will be of great interest to historians of economic thought and political economy, scholars and students of the philosophy and methodology of economics and all those interested in Adam Smith and his relevance for economics today."--Jacket.