LEADER 00000nim a22005055a 4500 003 MWT 005 20220329012244.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 210326s2016 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781912283064 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1912283069 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ dra_9781912283064_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT13752226 037 13752226|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 330.153|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Collins, John,|eauthor. 245 10 Adam Smith's The wealth of nations :|ba Macat analysis |h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|c[John Collins]. 246 30 Wealth of nations 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bMacat,|c2016. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 35 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 490 1 Macat Library ; 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Macat.com. 520 More than 200 years after Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, governments around the world continue to address many of the issues discussed in the book. The most powerful states in the world are still committed to international trade, but questions are repeatedly asked about the role of governments in the economy and the effectiveness of the free market. Smith wanted to show that mercantilism-the dominant economic theory of his time -was wrong. Mercantilism argues that the national economy only exists to strengthen the government; so the government should control and regulate the economy. Smith opposes this idea in his book. He says that the government only has three roles within society: To protect the state from invasion or attack from another state. To uphold laws to protect the freedom of individuals. To create and maintain public works and institutions that could not (or would not) be undertaken on a smaller scale. Beyond these, government should not interfere. Smith argues that when people are free to pursue their own self-interest within a competitive free market, productivity increases. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Smith, Adam,|d1723-1790.|tInquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. 650 0 Free enterprise. 700 1 Macat.Com, . 710 2 hoopla digital. 800 1 John, Collins.|tMacat Library.|sSpoken word ; 830 0 Macat library.|sSpoken word. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 13744451?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ dra_9781912283064_180.jpeg