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Article
240 Years of The Wealth of Nations
Nova Economia
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Disciplines
Abstract
Why should we read a book printed 240 years ago? The book is old. Our circumstances and institutions are different. Its examples are dated. Its policies are irrelevant today. Its economic theories are full of mistakes. Even its political ideology is ambiguous. So, why bother reading this old book?
DOI
10.1590/0103-6351/3743
Publisher
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Citation Information
Paganelli, M. P. (2017). 240 years of The wealth of nations. Nova Economia, 27(2), 7-19. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6351/3743