Smith at 300
Adam Smith on Equity, Society, and Stability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21634834 |
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| Authors | Aida I Ramos (0000-0002-9725-1177, University of Dallas, corresponding author), Aida Ramos |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-197 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Economic Thought (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-8372 • E-ISSN: 1469-9656 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1053837222000542 |
| OpenAlex | W4323046218 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In a discussion of wages and labor in the Wealth of Nations (WN) , Adam Smith concludes: “No society can be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, clothe, and lodge the whole body of the people, should have such a share of the produce of their own labour as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed, and lodged” (Smith [1776] 1994, WN I.viii:90)
Adam smith · Classical economics · Economics · Flourishing · Labour economics · Political science · Sociology · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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