The Wealth of Nations

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About this book

Smith examines specialization, prices, trade, public revenue and the institutions around commercial life. Read by topic rather than as a single uninterrupted argument.

First published

1776

Language

English

Copyright status

Public domain

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Project Gutenberg ebook #3300

Table of contents

49 chapters

1. 01INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK.5 min
2. 02CHAPTER I. OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR.16 min
3. 03CHAPTER II. OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR.7 min
4. 04CHAPTER III. THAT THE DIVISION OF LABOUR IS LIMITED BY THE EXTENT OF THE MARKET.8 min
5. 05CHAPTER IV. OF THE ORIGIN AND USE OF MONEY.12 min
6. 06CHAPTER V. OF THE REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE OF COMMODITIES, OR OF THEIR PRICE IN LABOUR, AND THEIR PRICE IN MONEY.32 min
7. 07CHAPTER VI. OF THE COMPONENT PART OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES.14 min
8. 08CHAPTER VII. OF THE NATURAL AND MARKET PRICE OF COMMODITIES.17 min
9. 09CHAPTER VIII. OF THE WAGES OF LABOUR.43 min
10. 10CHAPTER IX. OF THE PROFITS OF STOCK.20 min
11. 11CHAPTER X. OF WAGES AND PROFIT IN THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF LABOUR AND STOCK.37 min
12. 12PART II.—Inequalities occasioned by the Policy of Europe.25 min
13. 13CHAPTER XI. OF THE RENT OF LAND.34 min
14. 14PART II.—Of the Produce of Land, which sometimes does, and sometimes does not, afford Rent.26 min
15. 15PART 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.61 min
16. 16Conclusion of the Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver.20 min
17. 17Conclusion of the Chapter.15 min
18. 18BOOK II. OF THE NATURE, ACCUMULATION, AND EMPLOYMENT OF STOCK.4 min
19. 19CHAPTER I. OF THE DIVISION OF STOCK.14 min
20. 20CHAPTER II. OF MONEY, CONSIDERED AS A PARTICULAR BRANCH OF THE GENERAL STOCK OF THE SOCIETY, OR OF THE EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.62 min
21. 21CHAPTER III. OF THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL, OR OF PRODUCTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE LABOUR.36 min
22. 22CHAPTER IV. OF STOCK LENT AT INTEREST.16 min
23. 23CHAPTER V. OF THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF CAPITALS.30 min
24. 24CHAPTER I. OF THE NATURAL PROGRESS OF OPULENCE.9 min
25. 25CHAPTER II. OF THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THE ANCIENT STATE OF EUROPE, AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.21 min
26. 26CHAPTER III. OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CITIES AND TOWNS, AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.20 min
27. 27CHAPTER IV. HOW THE COMMERCE OF TOWNS CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COUNTRY.24 min
28. 28BOOK IV. OF SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.2 min
29. 29CHAPTER I. OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE COMMERCIAL OR MERCANTILE SYSTEM.43 min
30. 30CHAPTER II. OF RESTRAINTS UPON IMPORTATION FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF SUCH GOODS AS CAN BE PRODUCED AT HOME.38 min
31. 31CHAPTER 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.31 min
32. 32PART II.—Of the Unreasonableness of those extraordinary Restraints, upon other Principles.20 min
33. 33CHAPTER IV. OF DRAWBACKS.10 min
34. 34CHAPTER V. OF BOUNTIES.74 min
35. 35CHAPTER VI. OF TREATIES OF COMMERCE.22 min
36. 36CHAPTER VII. OF COLONIES.17 min
37. 37PART II. Causes of the Prosperity of New Colonies.44 min
38. 38PART 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.56 min
39. 39CHAPTER VIII. CONCLUSION OF THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM.38 min
40. 40CHAPTER 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.52 min
41. 41CHAPTER I. OF THE EXPENSES OF THE SOVEREIGN OR COMMONWEALTH.33 min
42. 42PART II. Of the Expense of Justice24 min
43. 43PART III. Of the Expense of public Works and public Institutions.62 min
44. 44PART IV. Of the Expense of supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign.2 min
45. 45CONCLUSION.3 min
46. 46CHAPTER II. OF THE SOURCES OF THE GENERAL OR PUBLIC REVENUE OF THE SOCIETY.16 min
47. 47PART II. Of Taxes.47 min
48. 48APPENDIX TO ARTICLES I. AND II.—Taxes upon the Capital Value of Lands, Houses, and Stock.40 min
49. 49CHAPTER III. OF PUBLIC DEBTS.61 min

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