The Invisible Hand

Author: Smith, Adam

Economics

Published on 7 August 2008 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Great Ideas' series.

Paperback | 144 pages
180 x 113 x 9 | 90g

Adam Smiths landmark treatise on the free market paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that competition is the engine of a productive society, and that self-interest will eventually come to enrich the whole community, as if by an invisible hand. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.