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Adam Smith and Yan Fu: Western Economics in Chinese Perspective

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This book examines at a static level how Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776) was introduced into China at the turn of the twentieth century. In a dynamic socio-economic context, Yan Fu (1854-1921) had The Wealth of Nations in mind as a prescription for China's "Wealth and Power". This book aims answer the question of whether The Wealth of Nations, a book which advocates laissez-faire, free trade, and minimum governance helpful for China with very different economic conditions and modes of thought to the West and goes on to reexamine Yan Fu's economic ideas through a modern economics perspective.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9789811965722
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 93
  • Udgivet:
  • 2. december 2022
  • Udgave:
  • 2022
  • Størrelse:
  • 160x12x241 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 336 g.
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 15. november 2024

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This book examines at a static level how Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776) was introduced into China at the turn of the twentieth century. In a dynamic socio-economic context, Yan Fu (1854-1921) had The Wealth of Nations in mind as a prescription for China's "Wealth and Power". This book aims answer the question of whether The Wealth of Nations, a book which advocates laissez-faire, free trade, and minimum governance helpful for China with very different economic conditions and modes of thought to the West and goes on to reexamine Yan Fu's economic ideas through a modern economics perspective.

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