The Wealth of Nations

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book economic treatise non-fiction book

The Wealth of Nations is Adam Smith’s foundational 1776 treatise on economics that laid the groundwork for classical free-market theory and modern economic thought.

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 3
"An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" 1
Book I: Of the Causes of Improvement in the Productive Powers of Labour 1

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The Wealth of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Book II: Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock

The Wealth of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Book III: Of the Different Progress of Opulence in Different Nations

Book IV: Of Systems of Political Economy ⓘ
The Wealth of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Book V: Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
followedBy later editions and revisions by Adam Smith ⓘ
genre economics ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
hasNotableExample pin factory illustration of division of labor ⓘ
historicalContext published in the year of the American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational work of classical economics ⓘ
major influence on economic policy in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ
influenced David Ricardo ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
Thomas Malthus ⓘ
classical economics ⓘ
modern economic thought ⓘ
keyConcept absolute advantage in trade ⓘ
capital accumulation ⓘ
division of labor ⓘ
invisible hand ⓘ
labor theory of value ⓘ
laissez-faire ⓘ
natural price and market price ⓘ
productive and unproductive labor ⓘ
role of self-interest in markets ⓘ
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification HB161 .S8 1776 ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 2 ⓘ
opposes mercantilism ⓘ
originalTitle The Wealth of Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
philosophicalContext Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
publicationYear 1776 ⓘ
publisher W. Strahan and T. Cadell ⓘ
structure 5 books ⓘ
subject division of labor ⓘ
free-market economics ⓘ
international trade ⓘ
role of government in the economy ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
value theory ⓘ

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