Introduction -- Adam Smith's political odyssey -- The rise and fall of civil society -- Economic life and political life -- The economic machine and the invisible hand -- The figure of Smith -- Population and political economy -- Utility, property, and political participation -- Economic opinion on parliamentary reform -- Utopias and stationary states -- Labour defended -- Individual liberty and the liberty of trade -- Two critiques of classical political economy.
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