The Essence of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations

by Lewis, Hunter; Lewis, Hunter

ISBN13: 9781604190410

ISBN10: 1604190418

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 2011-06-16

Publisher(s): Axios Press

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Summary

Axios's Essence of. Series takes the greatest works of practical philosophy and pares them down to their essence. Selected passages flow together to create a seamless work that will capture your interest from page one. Usually regarded as a bible of free market capitalism, this famous work is also a stinging indictment of what is today called crony capitalism.

Author Biography

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith studied social philosophy at the University of Glasgow and the University of Oxford. His first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, was written while he was a professor of moral philosophy at Glasgow; Smith's lecture subjects, in order of preference, were natural theology, ethics, jurisprudence, and economics. Hunter Lewis, co-founder of global investment firm Cambridge Associates, has written six books on economics and moral philosophy. He has served on boards and committees of fifteen leading not-for-profit organizations, including environmental, teaching, research, and cultural organizations, as well as the World Bank.

Why We All Need to Read	p. 1
Of the Causes of Improvement in the Productive Power of Labor and of the Order According to Which its Produce is Naturally Distributed among the Different Ranks of the People
Of the Division of Labor	p. 67
Of the Principle Which Gives Occasion to the Division of Labor	p. 71
That the Division of Labor Is Limited by the Extent of the Market	p. 73
Of the Origin and Use of Money	p. 75
Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities, or of Their Price in Labor, and Their Price in Money	p. 79
Of the Component Part of the Price of Commodities	p. 87
Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities	p. 89
Of the Wages of Labor	p. 95
Of the Profits of Stock	p. 109
Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labor and Stock	p. 115
Of the Rent of Land	p. 133
Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock
Of the Division of Stock	p. 159
Of Money Considered as a Particular Branch of the General Stock of the Society	p. 163
Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labor	p. 189
Of Stock Lent at Interest	p. 209
Of the Different Employment of Capitals	p. 217
Of the Different Progress of Opulence in Different Nations
Of the Natural Progress of Opulence	p. 227
Of Systems of Political Economy
Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System	p. 237
Of Restraints upon Importation from Foreign Countries of Such Goods as Can Be Produced at Home	p. 257
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	p. 283
Of Drawbacks	p. 303
Of Bounties	p. 305
Of Treaties of Commerce	p. 319
Conclusion of the Mercantile System	p. 325
Of the Agricultural 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	p. 345
Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth
Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth	p. 369
Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society	p. 387
Of Public Debts	p. 443
Endnotes	p. 459
Index	p. 461
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