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HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
AN
INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES
OF THE
WEALTH OF NATIONS.
BY
ADAM SMITH LL.D. F.R.S.
WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.
ALSO,
A VIEW OF THE DOCTRINE OF SMITH, COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE FRENCH
ECONOMISTS; WITH A METHOD OF FACILITATING THE STUDY OF HIS WORKS;
FROM THE FRENCH OF M. GARNIER.
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
London:
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
AND EDINBURGH.
MDCCCLII.
CONTENTS
_Page_
Life of the Author i
Short View of the Doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French Economists xvii
Introduction 1
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 AMONG
THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE.
Of the Division of Labour 2
Of the Principle which gives occasion to the Division of Labour 6
That the Division of Labour is limited by the Extent of the Market 8
Of the Origin and Use of Money 9
Of the real and nominal Price of Commodities, or of their Price in Labour, and their Price in Money 12
Of the Component Parts of the Price of Commodities 20
Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities 23
Of the Wages of Labour 27
Of the Profits of Stock 36
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