Wealth of Nations

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Cosimo, Inc., 1 nov 2007 - 596 pagine
Adam Smith revolutionized economic theory with his 1776 work An Inquiry to the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. He proposed rules governing labor, supply, and demand; and describes division of labor, stockpiling of wealth, lending, and interest. Smith also discusses how economies lead to opulence. Wealth of Nations also offers a defense for free-market capitalism. This edition of Wealth of Nations is an abridged version edited by Harvard economics professor CHARLES JESSE BULLOCK (1869-1941) and published in 1901 by Harvard Classics, a series that offered the essential readings for anyone who wanted the functional equivalent of a liberal arts education. Any student of economics should be familiar with the concepts and laws that Smith developed, as much of economic theory is still based upon his work. Scottish economist and philosopher ADAM SMITH (1723-1790) helped set standards in the fields of political economics and moral philosophy, playing a key role in the early development of the scholarship of economics. His other writings include Essays on Philosophical Subjects.
 

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BOOK
7
PAGE
19
Price in Labour and Their Price in Money
36
and Stock
105
50
153
BOOK II
221
Stock of the Society or of the Expence of Maintaining
233
Of the Accumulation of Capital or of Productive and Unpro
270
Of Restraints Upon the Importation from Foreign Countries
348
Of the Extraordinary Restraints upon the Importation of Goods
370
Of Drawbacks
389
Of Treaties of Commerce
407
Of Colonies
414
Conclusion of the Mercantile System
424
Of the Agricultural Systems or of the Systems of Political
446
BOOK V
468

Of Stock Lent at Interest
291
Of the Different Employment of Capitals
301
CHAP
319
Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society
489
Of Public Debts
574
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