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The Machine In Adam Smith’S Economic And Wider Thought

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This paper exhaustively examines all Adam Smith’s references to “machines,†including machine metaphors or analogies, with a view to a comprehensive interpretation of the significance of the machine in his thought as a whole. By bringing together all Smith’s references to machines (and variants of that term), as well as his references to related phenomena, mechanics and engines (and variants), the totality of the various different kinds of uses of these terms assists in clarifying the meaning of each of them. However, this exercise is undertaken particularly with a view to the significance of machines in Smith’s political economy.

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  • Aspromourgos, Tony, 2012. "The Machine In Adam Smith’S Economic And Wider Thought," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 34(4), pages 475-490, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jhisec:v:34:y:2012:i:04:p:475-490_00
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    1. Łukasz Hard, 2014. "Models of Mechanisms and their Role in Building Economic Explanations," Ekonomia journal, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, vol. 37.

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