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GAVIN KENNEDY is author of Adam Smith?s Lost Legacy and is Emeritus Professor at Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK. He has published widely in the negotiation process.

This book presents the authentic Adam Smith and explores his underlying approach and radical thinking, aiming to re-establish his original intentions. The book provides a crucial reminder of how relevant Adam Smith was in his own time, and how relevant he remains as we experience the worldwide spread of opulence today.

List of Figures and Table

General Introduction: Why Adam Smith?

1 'sufficient proofs of his fitness'

2 'in the first ages of society'

3 'so weak and imperfect a creature as man'

4 'in the beginning all the world was America'

5 'general principles of law and government'

6 'a certain propensity in human nature'

7 'had the original state of things continued'

8 'thus at last the age of commerce arises'

9 'setting to work industrious people'

10 'increasing the fund for productive hands'

11 'a very violent attack'

12 'an invisible hand'

13 'peace, easy taxes, and justice'

14 Adam Smith's Legacy

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