An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Author(s)

• Smith, Adam
• Campbell, R. H. (Roy Hutcheson)
• Skinner, Andrew S.
• Todd, William B. (William Burton)

Bibliographic Information

An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Adam Smith ; general editors, R.H. Campbell and A.S. Skinner ; textual editor, W.B. Todd

（The Glasgow edition of the works and correspondence of Adam Smith, 2）

Liberty Fund, 1981, c1976

• : set : pbk
• v. 1 : pbk
• v. 2 : pbk

Note

Reprint

"This Liberty Fund edition of 1981 is an exact photographic reproduction of the edition published by Oxford Univesity Press in 1976 and reprinted here with minor corrections in 1979"--T.p. verso

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9780865970069

Description

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 welath 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.

Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9780865970076

Description

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.

Volume

: set : pbk ISBN 9780865970083

Description

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. Criticising 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. Social and economic order arise from the natural desires to better one's (and one's family's) lot and to gain the praise and avoid the censure of one's neighbors and business associates. Individuals behave decently and honestly because it gives them a clear conscience as well as the good reputation necessary for public approbation and sustained, profitable business relations.

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Details

• NCID: BA18223461
• ISBN:
  • 0865970084
  • 9780865970069
  • 0865970076
• LCCN: 81015578
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Indianapolis
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v. (viii, 1080 p.)
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : AC7
  • LCC : HB161
  • DC19 : 330.15/3 s
  • DC19 : 330.15/3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Economics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA6574888X