TY - GEN AU - Christopher J.Berry TI - Adam Smith: A Very Short Introduction SN - 9780198784456 U1 - 330.153092 PY - 2018/// CY - UK PB - Oxford University Press N1 - 1: Life and times 2: Communication and imagination 3: Sympathetic spectators 4: Living virtuously 5: Making and working 6: Trading and spending 7: Legacy and reputation References Further reading Index N2 - oday Adam Smith, author of the Wealth of Nations, is associated with the promotion of self-interest and a defence of greed. Yet if Smith is actually read this is more a caricature than a faithful portrait. Berry offers a balanced and nuanced view of this seminal thinker, set against contemporary European history, politics, and philosophy ER -