The Cambridge Companion to Adam Smith

Adam Smith is best known as the founder of scientific economics and as an early proponent of the modern market economy. Political economy, however, was only one part of Smiths comprehensive intellectual system. Consisting of a theory of mind and its functions in language, arts, science, and social intercourse, Smiths system was a towering contribution to the Scottish Enlightenment. This Companion volume provides an up-to-date examination of all aspects of Smiths thought.