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In the Wealth of Nations (1776) Smith describes the economy as
a self-contained system functioning through an internal
mechanism formed by division of labour and exchange. In this
system the good of society (increasing wealth) is brought about
through the actions of individual economic agents pursuing
their own individual interests, interacting on the basis of the
natural propensity to exchange. Thus the self-regulating
character of the system depends on human nature; and on the
actions of individuals who are isolated from one another in their
pursuit of their own interests, but also dependent on one another
for the realization of those interests. In the Lectures on
Jurisprudence (1762-4) Smith explains the propensity to
exchange (or "disposition to barter", etc.) as the result of the
natural desire to persuade. He also makes it clear that the desire
to persuade is not directed by economic self-interest, and does
not have any necessary connection to exchange or economic
activity. This argument is clearly connected to a line of thought
in his earlier book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), in
which he connects the desire to be believed, or to persuade,
with the necessity of relations with other individuals as a
condition for individuality (that is, for the characteristics
necessary in order to be an individual). He also argues for the
necessity of relations as a condition for individuality in saying
that another basic human desire is that of being beloved. These,
earlier, ideas suggest an idea of individuals and society in
which relations among individuals are much more fundamental
than those described in the Wealth of Nations, and in which the
economy cannot be a self-contained, natural system in which the
social good can only be realized because individuals are
isolated from one another yet also inter-dependent. What would
an economy based on these more fundamental relations among
individuals look like? How would it differ from the economy
described in the Wealth of Nations?
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