The late Nathan Rosenberg, formerly Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr., Professor of Public Policy, Department of Economics, Stanford University, US

• Mandeville and laissez-faire; some institutional aspects of the "Wealth of Nations"; Adam Smith and the division of labour - two views or one?; Adam Smith, consumer tastes and economic growth; Adam Smith on profits - paradox lost and regained; another advantage of the division of labour; Adam Smith and the stock of moral capital; Charles Babbage - pioneer economist; Karl Marx on the economic role of science; Marx as a student of technology; Joseph Schumpeter - radical economist; George Stigler - Adam Smith's best friend.

'These engaging essays are presented, as is normal in this series, in their original format, yielding the benefit of the original pagination and the aesthetic cost of a highly variable typeface.'

The late Nathan Rosenberg, formerly Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr., Professor of Public Policy, Department of Economics, Stanford University, US

• Mandeville and laissez-faire; some institutional aspects of the "Wealth of Nations"; Adam Smith and the division of labour - two views or one?; Adam Smith, consumer tastes and economic growth; Adam Smith on profits - paradox lost and regained; another advantage of the division of labour; Adam Smith and the stock of moral capital; Charles Babbage - pioneer economist; Karl Marx on the economic role of science; Marx as a student of technology; Joseph Schumpeter - radical economist; George Stigler - Adam Smith's best friend.

'These engaging essays are presented, as is normal in this series, in their original format, yielding the benefit of the original pagination and the aesthetic cost of a highly variable typeface.'

The late Nathan Rosenberg, formerly Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr., Professor of Public Policy, Department of Economics, Stanford University, US

• Mandeville and laissez-faire; some institutional aspects of the "Wealth of Nations"; Adam Smith and the division of labour - two views or one?; Adam Smith, consumer tastes and economic growth; Adam Smith on profits - paradox lost and regained; another advantage of the division of labour; Adam Smith and the stock of moral capital; Charles Babbage - pioneer economist; Karl Marx on the economic role of science; Marx as a student of technology; Joseph Schumpeter - radical economist; George Stigler - Adam Smith's best friend.

'These engaging essays are presented, as is normal in this series, in their original format, yielding the benefit of the original pagination and the aesthetic cost of a highly variable typeface.'