It was great reading a book that finally addressed the cause of economics and capitalism. Economics is very fascinaing to me, and it interesting to see it applicable for the 18th century as well.

Adam Smith wrote the book the same year our great nation was established. The book was very intriguing and genuinely full of good, useful economics principles.

All in all, the book deserves a B+. I give it a strong B and not an A, only because of the wordage used. At times it was even above my intellect.

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As known, Adam Smith, a british economist and philosopher, is the father of economic theory. So, it is an indispensable collection for economists and economics' lovers. The author, John Cunningham Wood, from Edith Cowan University, writes about the life of this leading economist (as the author says) and the books are focused on the critical assessments of Smith. This collection is pleaseant to read (besides its 2176 pages) and I'm certain that people won't regret to acquire it.

A reprint of the second "Dirty Pair" american comics mini-series(circa 1990), this one centers around the 3WA Trouble Consultant team "Lovely Angels," better known as the "Dirty Pair," on vacation. Of course, wherever Kei and Yuri go, trouble follows, and sure enough, it finds them. This time, the trouble comes in the form of Shasti, a genetically engineered "bioroid," who also happens to be a rogue 3WA agent. Kei and Yuri are forced to engage in a lunatic persuit of her throughout the book, leading up to a final confrontation in deep space. But not before they get arrested by the local police, infiltrate a luxury space-liner, disguise themselves as nubile server girls, and destroy an entire city, of course.

The artwork here isn't as impressive as later entries in the series, but that is understandable since this was only Adam Warren's second professional comics job. That said, the artwork is still nice to look at, and conveys the proper sense of hyperactivity customary in a story featuring Kei and Yuri.

The story itself is action-packed, and has a distinctly "Leathal Weapon" flare to it. And Shasti is one of the best female comics villans ever created.

On the downside, the science-fiction element in this story is a bit lacking compared to the later stories, which is why I have given it four stars instead of five. Still highly recommended, but a reader new to the "Dirty Pair" should start with "A Plague of Angels" or "Sim Hell."

This is a good book. There's a lesson in this book that tells you that you shouldn't get upset over little things. Another lesson tell us that it's okay to get scared because a lot of people get scared.

Most people dont care about what is really true in history, but Prof. Rashid's case is strong, but who would care about his lone voice? It's frightening how the world is indifferent. Some most notable contemporary economists enjoying huge fame, but under careful scrutiny it reveals that the truth about the emporer's cloth. Steve Wang wrote a very revealing book about Paul Samuelson, demantles his myth piece by piece, who has ever read that book?

I think Rashid underestimated Smith's role: anything that we do on this world somebody has done it before, i n one form or the other. Economics is about human behavior, therefore some humans knew it well ahead of Smith. His great historical role is not in being original, but his first putting in strong emphasis and clear thinking.

I gave this book 4 stars because it is the only one on its subject anywhere. Smith gives a good general history of the Patrol, and fire salvage in general, but many photos are of poor quality, and there are no shots of the Patrol's more recently-purchased trucks.

Smith also writes in an interesting manner.

Every sentence is its own paragraph.

As you can see, this can be a bit annoying.

Despite its shortcomings, the book makes an important contribution to local history, and to the story of firefighting.

This book is really neat - taking traditional blocks and making them into other different type of quilts. gives new light on quilt making

Cropsey has written the best book on Smith (it was written, to be accurate, almost fifty years ago). That said, it is also a very strange book. Cropsey concedes, at the start of the book, that Smith is not a systematic thinker on the order of Hume, Kant, Locke, etc., but he then proceeds to ascribe all sorts of systematic intentions to Smith that load more weight on Smith's "system" than it was meant to bear.

For example, he ascribes to Smith a consistent "materialism" that Smith nowhere explicitly defends. It would be more accurate and cautious to concede that in fact Smith was largely agnostic on such ontological questions. On the basis of Smith's supposed "materialism" Cropsey finds a contradiction in the very notion of "natural liberty" that is unconvincing.

The best argument that Cropsey makes is to articulate Smith's replacement of the intellectual virtues by the passions. To this cause Cropsey traces Smith's entire revaluation of the traditional teaching regarding the cardinal virtues, a revaluation in which generosity is replaced by prudence and wisdom disappears. Despite these criticisms, Cropsey gets closer to Smith's intentions than any other scholar. The book is well worth reading.

I think this book is really good because I like funny characters. Some of the funny characters in this story are Elliot Banks and Adam Joshua. My favorite chapter is called "The Show-and-Tell War."