THE ANNUAL labour of every nation is the fund which originally
supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life
which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the
immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that
produce from other nations.
According, therefore, as this produce, or what is purchased with
it, bears a greater or smaller proportion to the number of those
who are to consume it, the nation will be better or worse supplied
with a
ADAM SMITH (1723-I790) was a Scottish social philosopher and a
pioneer ofpolitical economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish
Enlightenment, Smithis the author of The Theoryof Moral Sentiments
and An Inqunyinto the Naarre and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
The latter, usually abbreviated as The Wealth of Nations,is
considered his magnum opus and the first modern work of economics.
It earned him an enormous reputation and would become one ofthe
most influential works on economics ever published Smithis widely
cited as the father of modern economics and capitalism.
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INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK
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 AM''ONG THE
DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER Ⅰ. OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
CHAPTER Ⅱ. OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES
OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
CHAPTER Ⅲ. THAT THE DIVISION OF LABOUR IS LIMITED BY THE EXTENT OF
THE MARKET
CHAPTER Ⅳ. OF THE ORIGIN AND USE OF MONEY
CHAPTER Ⅴ. OF THE REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE OF COMMODITIES, OR OF
THEIR PRICE IN LABOUR, AND THEIR PRICE IN MONEY
CHAPTER Ⅵ. OF THE COMPONENT PART OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES
CHAPTER Ⅶ. OF THE NATURAL AND MARKET PRICE OF COMMODITIES
CHAPTER Ⅷ. OF THE WAGES OF LABOUR
CHAPTER Ⅸ. OF THE PROFITS OF STOCK
CHAPTER Ⅹ. OF WAGES AND PROFIT IN THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF
LABOUR AND STOCK
CHAPTER XL OF THE RENT OF IAND
BOOK Ⅱ. OF THE NATURE, ACCUMULATION, AND EMPLOYMENT OF STOCK
CHAPTER Ⅰ. OF THE DIVISION OF STOCK
CHAPTER Ⅱ. OF MONEY, CONSIDERED AS APARTICUIAR BRANCH OF THE
GENERAL STOCK OF THE SOCIETY, OR OF THE EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL
CHAPTER Ⅲ. OF THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL, OR OF PRODUCTIVE AND
UNPRODUCTIVE ABOUR
CHAPTER Ⅳ. OF STOCK LENT AT INTEREST
CHAPTER Ⅴ. OF THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF CAPITALS
BOOK Ⅲ. OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRESS
OF OPULENCE IN DIFFERENT NATIONS
CHAPTER Ⅰ. OF THE NATURAL PROGRESS OF OPULENCE
CHAPTER Ⅱ. OF THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THE ANCIENT
STATE OF EUROPE, AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
CHAPTER Ⅲ. OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CITIES AND TOWNS, AFTER THE
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
CHAPTER Ⅳ. HOW THE COMMERCE OF TOWNS CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT
OF THE COUNTRY
BOOK Ⅳ. OF SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
CHAPTER Ⅰ. OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE COMMERCIAL OR MERCANTILE
SYSTEM
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BOOK Ⅴ. OF THE REVENUE OF THE SOVEREIGN OR COMMONWEALTH