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Hi ,
The works of Adam Smith are critical in the history of free markets—but there are other works produced before his time that ought to receive further examination.
Commerce, Culture, & Liberty, edited by Henry C. Clark, brings together 33 thinkers, economists, and philosophers to offer some of the most significant pre-Adam Smith writings on the political and cultural dimensions of capitalism.
Further, many issues of markets and trade are examined today without the critical human lens. These essays, on the other hand, emphasize the human meaning of the market; they were selected to provide a sense of the range of opinion that prevailed on the broader significance of the market economy before it became a pervasive feature of modern life.
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