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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
an important work,
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This review is from: End to Poverty? (Print on Demand (Paperback))
I read this book after attending a lecture by Jones, and I can safely say it is an inspiration for anyone tired of the dry and superficial treatments of thinkers in this era. It is a good supplement to Gertrude Himmelfarb's Idea of Poverty simply because it takes seriously the proposals which Himmelfarb marginalizes as "utopian". Jones reexamines the legacy of Adam Smith in the context of the relatively recent controversy surrounding Smith's importance outside of the canon of classical political economics. The work examines the proposals of Condorcet and Paine as influenced by Smith, and concludes that their radical proposals were perhaps more mainstream and accepted at the time than previous historians thought. An entertaining read for anyone who wishes to grapple with the current problem of poverty in a historical light.
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End to Poverty? by Gareth Stedman Jones (Print on Demand (Paperback) - July 8, 2004)
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