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

Author(s)

• Smith, Adam
• Playfair, William
• Rees-Mogg, William

Bibliographic Information

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

Adam Smith ; edited by William Playfair ; introduction by William Rees-Mogg

William Pickering, 1995

• : set
• v. 1.
• v. 2.
• v. 3.

Other Title

Wealth of nations

Note

Facsim. of 1805 ed

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1776, The Wealth of Nations is one of the great works of economic thought and a touchstone that has influenced generations of economists across the intervening centuries. The 1805 Playfair edition that is presented in this volume represents the first and most important early critical edition. Praised by Francis Ysidro Edgeworth for its 'acute criticism', the Playfair edition was the first to apply economic history to Smith's economic theory - raising issues which are still important in light of the 225 years of revolutions and inflations that have occurred since his death. The period between the original publication and 1805 saw an enormous development in Britain's wealth, the French Revolution, and rapid American and French inflation. William Playfair wrote insightful supplementary chapters and notes to discuss the aspects of these upheavals which he thought Smith would have wanted to address had he lived to see their effects. The edition reproduces the exact text from the corrected and expanded 1784 third edition, including the index, with Playfair's chapters and notes marked clearly as supplementary additions.

Table of Contents

Volume 1Introduction by William Rees-MoggPreface by William PlayfairThe Life of Dr Smith by William PlayfairIntroduction and Plan of the WorkBook I - Chapters I-XIOf the Causes of Improvement in the Production Powers of Labour, and of the Order according to which its Produce is naturally distributed among the different Ranks of the PeopleBook II - Chapters I-IIOf the Nature Accumulation and Employment of StockVolume 2Book II - Chapters III-IVOf the Nature, Accumulation and the Employment of StockBook III - Chapters I-IVOf the different Progress of Opulence in different NationsBook IV - Chapters I-VIII Of Systems of Political OeconomySupplementary chaptersVolume 3Book IV - Chapter IXOf Systems of Political OeconomyBook V - Chapters I-IIIOf the Expenses of the Sovereign or CommonwealthSupplementary chaptersIndex

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Details

• NCID: BA26501956
• ISBN:
  • 1851963421
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 330.153