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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Vol. 1) - (Glasgow Edition of the Works of Adam Smith) by Adam Smith (Paperback)

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  • First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own.
  • Author(s): Adam Smith
  • 550 Pages
  • Business + Money Management, Economics
  • Series Name: Glasgow Edition of the Works of Adam Smith

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First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that affect economic behavior. Throughout he offers seminal arguments for free trade, free markets, and limited government.

Criticizing mercantilists who sought to use the state to increase their nations' supply of precious metals, Smith points out that a nation's wealth should be measured by the well-being of its people. Prosperity in turn requires voluntary exchange of goods in a peaceful, well-ordered market. How to establish and maintain such markets? For Smith the answer lay in man's social instincts, which government may encourage by upholding social standards of decency, honesty, and virtue, but which government undermines when it unduly interferes with the intrinsically private functions of production and exchange.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.6 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.2 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Glasgow Edition of the Works of Adam Smith
Sub-Genre: Economics
Genre: Business + Money Management
Number of Pages: 550
Publisher: Liberty Fund
Theme: Theory
Format: Paperback
Author: Adam Smith
Language: English
Street Date: February 28, 1982
TCIN: 82960715
UPC: 9780865970069
Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-5320
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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