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The Wealth of Nations

The Wealth of Nationsis economistAdam Smith’smagnum opus and the foundational text of what today we call classical economics. Its publication ushered in a new era of thinking and discussion about how economies function, a sea change away from the older, increasingly irrelevant mercantilist and physiocratic views of economics towards a new practical application of economics for the birth of the industrial era. Its scope is vast, touching on concepts like...

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Editors Introduction

The first edition of the Wealth of Nations was published on the 9th of March,1 1776, in two volumes quarto, of which the first, containing Books I, II and III, has 510 pages of text, and the second, c...

The Wealth of Nations

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Editors Introduction

Introduction

I - Of the Division of Labour112

I - Of the Division of Labour112

II - Of the Principle Which Gives Occasion to the Division of Labour

III - That the Division of Labour Is Limited by the Extent of the Market

IV - Of the Origin and Use of Money

V - Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities, or of Their Price in Labour, and Their Price in Money

VI - Of the Component Parts of the Price of Commodities

VII - Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities246

VIII - Of the Wages of Labour

IX - Of the Profits of Stock

X - Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock341

I - Inequalities Arising from the Nature of the Employments Themselves344

II - Inequalities Occasioned by the Policy of Europe

XI - Of the Rent of Land

I - Of the Produce of Land Which Always Affords Rent

II - Of the Produce of Land Which Sometimes Does, and Sometimes Does Not, Afford Rent

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

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I - Of the Division of Stock

Book 2 Introduction

I - Of the Division of Stock

II - Of Money Considered as a Particular Branch of the General Stock of the Society, or of the Expense of Maintaining the National Capital

III - Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labour

IV - Of Stock Lent at Interest

V - Of the Different Employment of Capitals

I - Of the Natural Progress of Opulence

I - Of the Natural Progress of Opulence

II - Of the Discouragement of Agriculture in the Ancient State of Europe After the Fall of the Roman Empire

III - Of the Rise and Progress of Cities and Towns, After the Fall of the Roman Empire

IV - How the Commerce of the Towns Contributed to the Improvement of the Country

I - Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System

Book 4 Introduction

I - Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System

II - Of Restraints Upon the Importation from Foreign Countries of Such Goods as Can Be Produced at Home

III - Of the Extraordinary Restraints Upon the Importation of Goods of Almost All Kinds, from Those Countries with Which the Balance Is Supposed to Be Disadvantageous

I - Of the Unreasonableness of Those Restraints Even Upon the Principles of the Commercial System890

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II - Of the Unreasonableness of Those Extraordinary Restraints Upon Other Principles916

IV - Of Drawbacks

V - Of Bounties

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VI - Of Treaties of Commerce

VII - Of Colonies

I - Of the Motives for Establishing New Colonies

II - Causes of the Prosperity of New Colonies

III - Of the Advantages Which Europe Has Derived from the Discovery of America, and from That of a Passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope

VIII - Conclusion of the Mercantile System1176

IX - Of the Agricultural Systems, or of Those Systems of Political Œconomy, Which Represent the Produce of Land as Either the Sole or the Principal Source of the Revenue and Wealth of Every Country

I - Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth

I - Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth

I - Of the Expense of Defence

II - Of the Expense of Justice

III - Of the Expense of Public Works and Public Institutions

Article I - Of the Public Works and Institutions for Facilitating the Commerce of the Society

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Article II - Of the Expense of the Institutions for the Education of Youth1384

Article III - Of the Expense of the Institutions for the Instruction of People of All Ages

IV - Of the Expense of Supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign

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II - Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society

I - Of the Funds or Sources of Revenue Which May Peculiarly Belong to the Sovereign or Commonwealth

II - Of Taxes

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