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

Name: An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Author: Smith, Adam

Smith, Adam

Economics

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  HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

  AN
  INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES
  OF THE
  WEALTH OF NATIONS.

  BY
  ADAM SMITH LL.D. F.R.S.
  WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

  ALSO,

  A VIEW OF THE DOCTRINE OF SMITH, COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE FRENCH
  ECONOMISTS; WITH A METHOD OF FACILITATING THE STUDY OF HIS WORKS;
  FROM THE FRENCH OF M. GARNIER.

  COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

  London:
  T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
  AND EDINBURGH.
  MDCCCLII.

  CONTENTS

                                                                  _Page_
  Life of the Author                                                   i

  Short View of the Doctrine of Smith, compared with that of
  the French Economists                                             xvii

  Introduction                                                         1

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.

  CHAP. I.

  Of the Division of Labour                                            2

  CHAP. II.

  Of the Principle which gives occasion to the Division of Labour      6

  CHAP. III.

  That the Division of Labour is limited by the Extent of the Market   8

  CHAP. IV.

  Of the Origin and Use of Money                                       9

  CHAP. V.

  Of the real and nominal Price of Commodities, or of their Price
  in Labour, and their Price in Money                                 12

  CHAP. VI.

  Of the Component Parts of the Price of Commodities                  20

  CHAP. VII.

  Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities                      23

  CHAP. VIII.

  Of the Wages of Labour                                              27

  CHAP. IX.

  Of the Profits of Stock                                             36

  CHAP. X.

  Of Wages and Profit in the different Employments of Labour
  and Stock                                                           41

    PART I. Inequalities arising from the Nature of the
    Employments themselves                                           ib.

    PART II. Inequalities occasioned by the Policy of Europe          50

  CHAP. XI.

  Of the Rent of Land                                                 60

    PART I. Of the Produce of Land which always affords Rent          61

    PART II. Of the Produce of Land which sometimes does, and
    sometimes does not, afford Rent                                   68

    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                                   74

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