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An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations
Author
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790
An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations
Adam Smith's foundational work exploring economic principles and policies that shape human societies from a moral philosophical perspective.
- 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.
- Chapter Xi. Of The Rent Of Land.
- Chapter Xi. Of The Rent Of Land. - 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.
- Chapter Xi. Of The Rent Of Land. - Conclusion Of The Digression Concerning The Variations In The Value Of Silver.
- Book Ii. Of The Nature, Accumulation, And Employment Of Stock.
- Chapter I. Of The Division Of Stock.
- Chapter Ii. Of Money, Considered As A Particular Branch Of The General Stock Of The Society, Or Of The Expense Of Maintaining The National Capital.
- Chapter Iii. Of The Accumulation Of Capital, Or Of Productive And Unproductive Labour.
- Chapter Iv. Of Stock Lent At Interest.
- Chapter V. Of The Different Employments Of Capitals.
- Book Iii. Of The Different Progress Of Opulence In Different Nations
- Chapter Ii. Of The Discouragement Of Agriculture In The Ancient State Of Europe, After The Fall Of The Roman Empire.
- Chapter Iii. Of The Rise And Progress Of Cities And Towns, After The Fall Of The Roman Empire.
- Chapter Iv. How The Commerce Of Towns Contributed To The Improvement Of The Country.
- Book Iv. Of Systems Of Political Economy.
- Chapter I. Of The Principle Of The Commercial Or Mercantile System.
- Chapter Ii. Of Restraints Upon Importation From Foreign Countries Of Such Goods As Can Be Produced At Home.
- Chapter 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.
- Chapter Iv. Of Drawbacks.
- Chapter V. Of Bounties.
- Chapter Vi. Of Treaties Of Commerce.
- Chapter Vii. Of Colonies.
- Chapter Vii. Of Colonies. - Part 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.
- Chapter Viii. Conclusion Of The Mercantile System.
- Chapter Ix. 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 V. Of The Revenue Of The Sovereign Or Commonwealth
- Chapter I. Of The Expenses Of The Sovereign Or Commonwealth.
- Chapter I. Of The Expenses Of The Sovereign Or Commonwealth. - Part Iii. Of The Expense Of Public Works And Public Institutions.
- Chapter I. Of The Expenses Of The Sovereign Or Commonwealth. - Part Iv. Of The Expense Of Supporting The Dignity Of The Sovereign.
- Chapter Ii. Of The Sources Of The General Or Public Revenue Of The Society.
- Chapter Ii. Of The Sources Of The General Or Public Revenue Of The Society. - Appendix To Articles I. And Ii.—taxes Upon The Capital Value Of Lands, Houses, And Stock.
- Chapter Iii. Of Public Debts.
Author
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790