SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - W. M. Keck Observatory, Productive And Unproductive Labour, Barter

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Classical soc september 21 lecture 1. Built a good reputation there as a good lecturer. English, but it was very unusual to do so at this time (latin was the language of scholars): 1759 wrote the theory of moral sentiments . A genral account of the moral forces that influence human action/interaction. Got him a better job as the tutor of the children of a baron. Got bored and decided to write the wealth of economics . Published at the same time as the american revolution. Symbolic/ revolutionary because it showcases the rise of the merchant, versus aristocrats. Also symbolic because the americans follow this book the most closely. General themes and agenda: an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of a nation. , the book investigates the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. Natural resources (fertile soil, oil etc. : there"s a natural conception that the way to get rich is to get the resources.

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