CHAPTER FIVE. The Economic Machine and the Invisible Hand

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. CHAPTER ONE. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER TWO. Adam Smith’s Political Odyssey 10
6. CHAPTER THREE. The Rise and Fall of Civil Society 33
7. CHAPTER FOUR. Economic Life and Political Life 60
8. CHAPTER FIVE. The Economic Machine and the Invisible Hand 77
9. CHAPTER SIX. The Figure of Smith 97
10. CHAPTER SEVEN. Population and Political Economy 121
11. CHAPTER EIGHT. Utility, Property, and Political Participation 139
12. CHAPTER NINE. Economic Opinion on Parliamentary Reform 160
13. CHAPTER TEN. Utopias and Stationary States 186
14. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Labour Defended 217
15. CHAPTER TWELVE. Individual Liberty and the Liberty of Trade 237
16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Two Critiques of Classical Political Economy 258
17. REFERENCES 269
18. INDEX 299