An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
1776 · text from Project Gutenberg
Smith's account of how nations grow rich: the division of labour, money and prices, wages, profit and rent, the accumulation of capital, and his case against the mercantile system.
Adam Smith (1723–1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher. The Wealth of Nations, published in London in 1776, is in five books: on the division of labour and prices; on capital; on the progress of wealth in different nations; on systems of political economy; and on the revenue of the sovereign or state.
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