Was Adam Smith an evolutionary economist?: Smith’s study of botany and Charles Darwin’s theory of morality
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- Ross, Ian Simpson, 2010. "The Life of Adam Smith," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, edition 2, number 9780199550036.
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Sympathy; Morality; Evolution; Adam Smith; Charles Darwin;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B12 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Classical (includes Adam Smith)
- B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
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