An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, founded modern economics. Adam Smith begins with the pin factory and the division of labor, explains money, prices, wages, profit and rent, and traces the growth of European wealth from the fall of Rome through the rise of towns and trade. The long fourth book attacks the mercantile system of bounties, monopolies and colonial restrictions, written as Britain was losing America; the fifth considers what a government should pay for, from defense to roads and schools, and how to raise the money. The famous invisible hand appears once. The book is long, digressive, full of history and still readable from end to end. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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