HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS.
BY ADAM SMITH LL.D. F.R.S. WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.
ALSO,
A VIEW OF THE DOCTRINE OF SMITH, COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE FRENCH ECONOMISTS; WITH A METHOD OF FACILITATING THE STUDY OF HIS WORKS; FROM THE FRENCH OF M. GARNIER.
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
London: T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW; AND EDINBURGH. MDCCCLII.
CONTENTS
Page Life of the Author i
Short View of the Doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French Economists xvii
Introduction 1
BOOK I.
OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE.
CHAP. I.
Of the Division of Labour 2
CHAP. II.
Of the Principle which gives occasion to the Division of Labour 6
CHAP. III.
That the Division of Labour is limited by the Extent of the Market 8
CHAP. IV.
Of the Origin and Use of Money 9
CHAP. V.
Of the real and nominal Price of Commodities, or of their Price in Labour, and their Price in Money 12
CHAP. VI.
Of the Component Parts of the Price of Commodities 20
CHAP. VII.
Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities 23
CHAP. VIII.
Of the Wages of Labour 27
CHAP. IX.
Of the Profits of Stock 36
CHAP. X.
Of Wages and Profit in the different Employments of Labour and Stock 41
PART I. Inequalities arising from the Nature of the Employments themselves ib.