Adam Smith and Yan Fu: Western Economics in Chinese Perspective (eBook)

Cheng-chung Lai (Autor)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XIII, 93 Seiten
Springer Nature Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-19-6573-9 (ISBN)

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This book examines at a static level how Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776) was introduced into China at the turn of the twentieth century. In a dynamic socio-economic context, Yan Fu (1854-1921) had The Wealth of Nations in mind as a prescription for China's 'Wealth and Power'. This book aims answer the question of whether The Wealth of Nations, a book which advocates laissez-faire, free trade, and minimum governance helpful for China with very different economic conditions and modes of thought to the West and goes on to reexamine Yan Fu's economic ideas through a modern economics perspective.

Cheng-chung Lai is Emeritus Professor at National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan), with three decades of experience in teaching economic history and history of economics thought. His books in English include: Adam Smith across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Oxford University Press (2000); Braudel's Historiography Reconsidered (2004). He was educated in Taiwan (BA) and Belgium (MA), received his doctorate from École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

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This book examines at a static level how Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776) was introduced into China at the turn of the twentieth century. In a dynamic socio-economic context, Yan Fu (1854-1921) had The Wealth of Nations in mind as a prescription for China's "e;Wealth and Power"e;. This book aims answer the question of whether The Wealth of Nations, a book which advocates laissez-faire, free trade, and minimum governance helpful for China with very different economic conditions and modes of thought to the West and goes on to reexamine Yan Fu's economic ideas through a modern economics perspective.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.11.2022
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 93 p. 2 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Original-Titel: 亞當史密斯與嚴復:《國富論》與 中國》，臺北：Adam Smith and Yan Fu: The Wealth of Nations and China, Taipei
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Chinese Perspective on Adam Smith's Economic Philosophy • Current State of Yan Fu Studies • Economic Philosophy • The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith • Yan Fu and China's Wealth and Power • Yan Fu and The Wealth of Nations
• ISBN-10: 981-19-6573-0 / 9811965730
• ISBN-13: 978-981-19-6573-9 / 9789811965739