The wealth of nations /

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 indispe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Adam
Other Authors:	Cannan, Edwin
Format:	Printed Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Modern Library, 2000.
Series:	Modern Library classics.
Subjects:	Economics.
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Table of Contents:

Book one: Of the division of labour
Of the principle which gives occasion to the division of labour
That the division of labour is limited by the extent of the market
Of the origin and use of money
Of the real and nominal price of commodities, or of their price in labour, and their price is money
Of the component parts of the price of commodities
Of the natural and market price of commodities
Of the wages of labour
Of the profits of stock
Of wages and profit in the different employments of labour and stock: Inequalities arising from the nature of the employments themselves
Inequalities occasioned by the policy of Europe
Of the rent of land: Of the produce of land which always affords rent
Of the produce of land which sometimes does, and sometimes does not, afford rent
Book two: Of the division of stock
Of money considered as a particular branch of the general stock of society, or of the expence of maintaining the natural capital
Of the accumulation of capital, or of productive and unproductive labour
Of stock lent at an interest
Of the different employment of capitals
Book three: Of the different progress of opulence in different nations
Of the natural progress of opulence
Of the discouragement of agriculture in the ancient state of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire
Of the rise and progress of cities and towns after the fall of the Roman Empire
How the commerce of the towns contributed to the improvement of the country
Book four: Of systems of poitical economy
Of the principle of the commercial, or mercantile system
Of the restraints upon the importation from foreign countries of such goods as can be produced at home
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: Of the unreasonableness of those restraints even upon the principles of the commercial system
Of the unreasonableness of those extraordinary restraints upon other principles
Of drawbacks
Of bounties
Of treaties of commerce
Of colonies: Of the motives for establishing new colonies
Causes of the prosperity of new colonies
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
Conclusion of the mercantile system
Of the agricultural systems, or of those systems of political economy, which represent the produce of land, as either the sole or the principal source of the revenue and wealth of every country
Book five: Of the revenue of the sovereign or commonwealth: Of the expences of defence
Of the expence of justice
Of the expence of public works and public institutions
Of the expence of supporting the dignity of the sovereign
Of the sources of the general or public revenue of the society: Of the funds or sources of revenue which may peculiarly belong to the sovereign or commonwealth
Of taxes
Of public debts.

The wealth of nations /

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