An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was recognized as a landmark of human thought upon its publication in 1776. As the first scientific argument for the principles of political economy, it is the point of departure for all subsequent economic thought. Smith's theories of capital accumulation, growth, and secular change, among others, continue to be influential in modern economics. This reprint of Edwin Cannan's definitive 1904 edition of The Wealth of Nations includes Cannan's famous introduction, notes, and a full index, as well as a new preface written especially for this edition by the disti
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Volume I; Preface, 1976 / by George J. Stigler; Editor's Introduction; 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 ; Book II: Of the nature, accumulation, and employment of stock ; Book III: Of the different progress of opulence in different nations ; Book IV: Of systems of political economy; Volume II; Book IV: Of systems of political economy (Cont.) ; 4. Of Drawbacks; 5. Of Bounties; 6. Of Treaties of Commerce; 7. Of Colonies; 8. Conclusion of the Mercantile System; 9. Of the Agricultural Systems, or of those Systems of Political Oeconomy, 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; 1. Of the Expences of the Sovereign or Commonwealth; 2. Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society; Appendix on the Herring Bounty
"Introduction, notes, marginal summary, and index by Edwin Cannan"--Cover
Reprint of the 1904 ed. published by Methuen & Co., London
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011