The Science of Wealth

This volume clarifies the character and fundamental structures of 'political economy' as an intellectual discipline in the texts of Adam Smith and will be vital reading for historians of economic thought and philosophers of social science.

Tony Aspromourgos is Professor of Economics at the University of Sydney and is the author of On the Origins of Classical Economics: Distribution and Value from William Petty to Adam Smith, also published by Routledge.

1 Introduction, 2. The Science of Wealth, 3. Competition, Prices and Distribution, 4. Production and Capital Accumulation, 5. Opulence and Policy, 5. Epilogue