The Essence of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations

by Hunter Lewis (Editor), Hunter Lewis (Introduction)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604190410
Publisher:	Hunter Lewis Foundation
Publication date:	06/16/2011
Series:	Essence of (Axios)
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

Why We All Need to Read Adam Smith 1

Book 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

1 Of the Division of Labor 67

2 Of the Principle Which Gives Occasion to the Division of Labor 71

3 That the Division of Labor Is Limited by the Extent of the Market 73

4 Of the Origin and Use of Money 75

5 Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities, or of Their Price in Labor, and Their Price in Money 79

6 Of the Component Part of the Price of Commodities 87

7 Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities 89

8 Of the Wages of Labor 95

9 Of the Profits of Stock 109

10 Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labor and Stock 115

11 Of the Rent of Land 133

Book 2 Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock

1 Of the Division of Stock 159

2 Of Money Considered as a Particular Branch of the General Stock of the Society 163

3 Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labor 189

4 Of Stock Lent at Interest 209

5 Of the Different Employment of Capitals 217

Book 3 Of the Different Progress of Opulence in Different Nations

1 Of the Natural Progress of Opulence 227

Book 4 Of Systems of Political Economy

1 Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System 237

2 Of Restraints upon Importation from Foreign Countries of Such Goods as Can Be Produced at Home 257

3 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 283

4 Of Drawbacks 303

5 Of Bounties 305

6 Of Treaties of Commerce 319

7 Conclusion of the Mercantile System 325

8 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 345

Book 5 Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth

1 Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth 369

2 Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society 387

3 Of Public Debts 443

Endnotes 459

Index 461