Does “Bettering Our Condition” Really Make Us Better Off? Adam Smith on Progress and Happiness

Adam Smith is almost certainly history's most famous advocate of commercial society, but he frankly admits that the relentless pursuit of wealth is a major obstacle to tranquility and contentment and hence that, at first glance, the higher living standards that people “enjoy” in commercial soci...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American political science review 2006-08, Vol.100 (3), p.309-318
1. Verfasser:	RASMUSSEN, DENNIS C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Advocacy Capitalism Chieftaincies Commerce Desire Economic growth Economic Progress Economic thought Enlightenment Freedom Happiness History Human life Living Standards Market Misery Money Morality Pleasure Political economy Political science Politics Popular culture Security Smith, Adam Social conditions Social development Standard of Living Trade Vanity Wealth
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