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Economic literacy                                                                                                                    Search:  Economics
Without economic literacy there is no possibility to understand processes of social change. Unfortunately, economic literacy is a rare commodity in capitalist, semicapitalist and protocapitalist societies where primary, secondary and university education is extremely poor for the majority -and extremely good for a wealthy minority-  which, of course is convenient for maintaining the extremely wealthy minority dominant position in society. To help students and researchers  I provide this 'rearrangement' of  valuable basic literature on economic literacy. Of course, this is just a first step. Without this first step, though, development issues cannot be understood, and, therefore, fighting against the barbaric social, political, cultural and economic effects of unleashed capitalist markets will be even more difficult. (Dr. Róbinson Rojas)

Adam Smith 

June 5, 1723-July 17, 1790

  • An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations -
    An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 volume (London, W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1776) second edition, revised, 1778, third edition with "Additions and Corrections, 3 volumes (London, A. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1784), fourth addition (London, A. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1786), fifth edition, 1789 (Philadelphia, Thomas Dobson, 1789)
  • The Theory of Moral Sentiments -
    The Theory of Moral Sentiments (London, A. Millar, Edinburgh, A. Kincaid & J. Bell, 1759) second edition, revised 1761, third edition, enlarged as The Theory of Moral Sentiments, To which is added A Dissertation on the Origin of Languages (London, A. Millar, Edinburgh, A. Kincaid, & A. Bell, 1767) fourth edition (London, W. Strahan, J. & F. Rivington, T. Longman and T. Cadell, Edinburgh, W. Creech, 1774) fifth edition 1781, sixth edition considerably enlarged and corrected, 2 volumes (London, A. Strahan & A. Cadell, Edinburgh, W. Creech & J. Bell, 1790).


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