An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
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Bax, Ernest Belfort,1854-1926
Bullock, Charles Jesse,1869-1941 editor
Cannan, Edwin,1861-1935 editor, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary
Lerner, Max,1902-1992 writer of introduction
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Bullock, Charles Jesse,1869-1941 editor
Cannan, Edwin,1861-1935 editor, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary
Lerner, Max,1902-1992 writer of introduction
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
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9780226763743
9781958437834
9780679424734
9781958437834
9780679424734
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From the Book - Cannan edition.
Book I. Of the division of labour. Of the principle which gives occasion to the division of labour -- That the division of labour is limited by the extent of the market -- Of the origin and use of money -- Of the real and nominal price of commodities, or of their price in labour, and their price is money -- Of the component parts of the price of commodities -- Of the natural and market price of commodities -- Of the wages of labour -- Of the profits of stock -- Of wages and profit in the different employments of labour and stock -- part 1. Inequalities arising from the nature of the employments themselves -- part II. Inequalities occasioned by the policy of Europe -- Of the rent of land -- part I. Of the produce of land which always affords rent -- part II. Of the produce of land which sometimes does, and sometimes does not, afford rent -- 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 -- Book II. Of the nature, accumulation and employment of stock. Introduction -- Of the division of stock -- Of money considered as a particular branch of the general stock of the society, or of the expence of maintaining the national capital -- Of the accumulation of capital, or of productive and unproductive labour -- Of stock lent at an interest -- Of the different employment of capitals -- Book III. Of the different progress of opulence in different nations. Of the natural progress of opulence -- Of the discouragement of agriculture in the ancient state of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire -- Of the rise and progress of cities and towns after the fall of the Roman Empire -- How the commerce of the towns contributed to the improvement of the country --
Book IV. Of systems of political economy. Introduction
Of the principle of the commercial, or mercantile system
Of restraints upon the importation from foreign countries of such goods as can be produced at home
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. Part I. Of the unreasonableness of those restraints even upon the principles of the commercial system
part II. Of the unreasonableness of those extraordinary restraints upon other principles
Of drawbacks
Of bounties
Of treaties of commerce
Of colonies. Part I. Of the motives for establishing new colonies
part II. Causes of the prosperity of new colonies
part 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
Conclusion of the mercantile system
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
Book V. Of the revenue of the sovereign or commonwealth. Of the expences of defence
Of the expence of justice
Of the expence of public works and public institutions
Of the expence of supporting the dignity of the sovereign
Conclusion of the chapter
Of the sources of the general or public revenue of the society. Part I. Of the funds or sources of revenue which may peculiarly belong to the sovereign or commonwealth
Of taxes
Of public debts
Appendix on the Herring Bounty.
From the Book
Bk. 1. 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
Bk. 2. Of the nature, accumulation, and employment of stock
Bk. 3. Of the different progress of opulence in different nations
Bk. 4. Of systems of political economy
Bk. 5. Of the revenue of the sovereign or commonwealth.
From the Book
Book I: Of the causes of improvement in the productive power of labour, and of the order according to which its produce is naturally distributed among the different ranks of the people: Of the Division of Labour
Of the principle which gives occasion to the Division of Labour
That the Divisioin of Labour is limited by the extent of the market
Of the origin and use of money
Of the real and nominal price of commodities, or of their price in labour, and their price in money
Of the component parts of the price of commodities
Of the natural and market price of commodities
Of the ages of labor
Of the profits of stock
Of wages and profit in the different employments of labour and stock
Of the rent of land
Book II: Of the nature, accumulation, and employment of stock: Of the Division of Stock
Of money considered as a particular branch of the general stock of the society, or of the expence of maintaining the national capital
Of the accumulation of capital, or of productive and unproductive labour
Of stock lent at interest
Of the different employment of capitals
Book III: Of the different progress of Opulence in different nations: Of the natural progress of opulence
Book IV: Of systems of political economy: Of the principle of the commercial or mercantile system
Of restraints upon the importation from foreign countries of such goods as can be produced at home
Of the extraordinary restraints upon the importation of goods of almost all kinds, from those countries with which the balance is supposed to be disadventageous
Of drawbacks
Of bounties
Of treaties of commerce
Of colonies
Conclusion of the mercantile system
Of the agricultural systems, or of the 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
Book V: Of the revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth
Of the expences of the Sovereign or Commonwealth
Of the sources of the general or public revenue of the society
Of public debts.
From the Book
Of the division of labour
Of the principle which gives occasion to the division of labour
That the division of labour is limited by the extent of the market
Of the origin and use of money
Of the real and nominal price of commodities, or of their price in labour, and their price in money
Of the component parts of the price of commodities
Of the natural and market price of commodities
Of the wages of labour
Of the profits of stock
Of wages and profit in the different employments of labour and stock
Of the rent of land
Of the division of stock
Of money considered as a particular branch of the general stock of the society, or of the expence of maintaining the national capital
Of the accumulation of capital, or of productive and unproductive labour
Of stock lent at interest
Of the different employment of capitals
Of the natural progress of opulence
Of the principle of the commercial or mercantile system
Of restraints upon the importation from foreign countries of such goods as can be produced at home
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
Of drawbacks
Of bounties
Of treaties of commerce
Of colonies
Conclusion of the mercantile system
Of the agricultural systems, or of the 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
Of the expences of the sovereign or commonwealth
Of the sources of the general or public revenue of the society
Of public debts.
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