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Adam Smith on power and maritime trade
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Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is often interpreted as an explanation of the self-regulating nature of the market system, where an "invisible hand" leads to a harmonious coordination of different economic agents' pursuit of self-interest, so that economic development is brought about naturally through the division of labor. However, a closer reading of Smith's contribution shows that he saw the expansion of the market as a process typically driven by military and political power. For Smith, cases of a natural and spontaneous growth of industry occur only due to exceptional circumstances.
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Copyright © 2014 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
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Adam Smith Power Trade Conduct Surplus Mediterranean Colonies Atlantic Colonies
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Martins, Nuno Miguel Ornelas (2014). "Adam Smith on power and maritime trade", Mediterranean Studies, 22(1): 38-56. DOI: 10.1353/mds.2014.0003.
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Penn State University Press