An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

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Contents

  1. Introduction and Plan of the Work
  2. Chapter I. Of the Division of Labour
  3. Chapter II. Of the Principle Which Gives Occasion to the Division of Labour
  4. Chapter III. That the Division of Labour Is Limited by the Extent of the Market
  5. Chapter IV. Of the Origin and Use of Money
  6. Chapter V. Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities, or of Their Price in Labour, and Their Price in Money
  7. Chapter VI. Of the Component Part of the Price of Commodities
  8. Chapter VII. Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities
  9. Chapter VIII. Of the Wages of Labour
  10. Chapter IX. Of the Profits of Stock
  11. Chapter X. Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock
  12. Chapter XI. Of the Rent of Land
  13. Introduction
  14. Chapter I. Of the Division of Stock
  15. 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
  16. Chapter III. Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labour
  17. Chapter IV. Of Stock Lent at Interest
  18. Chapter V. Of the Different Employments of Capitals
  19. Chapter I. Of the Natural Progress of Opulence
  20. Chapter II. Of the Discouragement of Agriculture in the Ancient State of Europe, After the Fall of the Roman Empire
  21. Chapter III. Of the Rise and Progress of Cities and Towns, After the Fall of the Roman Empire
  22. Chapter IV. How the Commerce of Towns Contributed to the Improvement of the Country
  23. Book IV. Of Systems of Political Economy
  24. Chapter I. Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System
  25. Chapter II. Of Restraints Upon Importation from Foreign Countries of Such Goods as Can Be Produced at Home
  26. 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
  27. Chapter IV. Of Drawbacks
  28. Chapter V. Of Bounties
  29. Chapter VI. Of Treaties of Commerce
  30. Chapter VII. Of Colonies
  31. Chapter VIII. Conclusion of the Mercantile System
  32. 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 Cou
  33. Chapter I. Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth
  34. Conclusion
  35. Chapter II. Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society
  36. Chapter III. Of Public Debts

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