Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is the first book of modern political economy, and still provides the foundation for the study of that discipline.
"Originally published in 1901"--T.p. verso.
Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Wherever there is great property there is great inequality.
The book is often considered to have laid the basic groundwork for modern economic theory.
Smith has explicitly elucidated upon the political economy of that era. This is considered one of the first works that analyzes the free market policies and its effects.
Smith offers his considered response to the French Physiocrats and assesses the nature of the mercantile system.
WEALTH OF NATIONS
First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth and is today a fundamental work in classical economics.
Guided by his conviction that the so-called "Adam Smith Problem"--The relationship between ethics and economics in Smith's thinking--is a core element in the argument of the work itself, Dickey's commentary focuses on the devices Smith uses ...