An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith
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Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society; and Robert Reich's Introduction both clarifies Smith's analyses and illuminates his overall relevance to the world in which we live. As Reich writes, "Smith's mind ranged over issues as fresh and topical today as they were in the late eighteenth century--jobs, wages, politics, government, trade, education, business, and ethics."Introduction by Robert Reich - Commentary by R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner - Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide
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- An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
- INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK.
- BOOK I. OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE.
- CHAPTER I. OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR.
- CHAPTER II. OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR.
- CHAPTER III. THAT THE DIVISION OF LABOUR IS LIMITED BY THE EXTENT OF THE MARKET.
- CHAPTER IV. OF THE ORIGIN AND USE OF MONEY.
- CHAPTER V. OF THE REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE OF COMMODITIES, OR OF THEIR PRICE IN LABOUR, AND THEIR PRICE IN MONEY.
- CHAPTER VI. OF THE COMPONENT PART OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES.
- CHAPTER VII. OF THE NATURAL AND MARKET PRICE OF COMMODITIES.
- CHAPTER VIII. OF THE WAGES OF LABOUR.
- CHAPTER IX. OF THE PROFITS OF STOCK.
- CHAPTER X. OF WAGES AND PROFIT IN THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF LABOUR AND STOCK.
- PART I. Inequalities arising from the nature of the employments themselves.
- PART II.—Inequalities occasioned by the Policy of Europe.
- CHAPTER XI. OF THE RENT OF LAND.
- PART I.—Of the Produce of Land which always affords Rent.
- PART II.—Of the Produce of Land, which sometimes does, and sometimes does not, afford Rent.
- PART III.—Of the variations in the Proportion between the respective Values of that sort of Produce which always affords Rent, and of that which sometimes does, and sometimes does not, afford Rent.
- Conclusion of the Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver.
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