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C/P/206. Application of Adam Smith's economic theory to government interventions in USA and UK economy

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5450
DATE:
2010
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59.99 GBP

The paper looks at the interventions of world governments in the economy and financial markets to prevent banking and securities scandals. Economic theories of Adam Smith are reviewed and applied to the present-day situation addressing the balance between open market policy and regulation in the financial services. The concepts of morality and self-interest are discussed from the perspective of their motivational power. The impacts of the global crisis on the governments’ interventions in the USA and the UK are examined. Recommendations are suggested about the need of regulation to create transparency and integrity of businesses.

 

KEYWORDS: Adam Smith, economic theory, government intervention, global crisis, self-interest, transparency,