An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations / by Adam Smith ; edited by Edwin Cannan ; with a new preface by George J. Stigler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.

Contributor:

Cannan, Edwin, 1861-1935.

Stigler, George J. (George Joseph), 1911-1991.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1148 p.)

Other Title:

Wealth of nations

Wealth of nations.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1976.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was recognized as a landmark of human thought upon its publication in 1776. As the first scientific argument for the principles of political economy, it is the point of departure for all subsequent economic thought. Smith's theories of capital accumulation, growth, and secular change, among others, continue to be influential in modern economics. This reprint of Edwin Cannan's definitive 1904 edition of The Wealth of Nations includes Cannan's famous introduction, notes, and a full index, as well as a new preface written especially fo

Contents:

Contents; Volume I; Preface, 1976; Preface; Editor's Introduction; Introduction and Plan of the work; Book I; Book II; Book III; Book IV; Volume II; Book IV; 4. Of Drawbacks; 5. Of Bounties; 6. Of Treaties of Commerce; 7. Of Colonies; 8. Conclusion of the Mercantile System; 9. Of the Agricultural Systems, or of those Systems of Political Oeconomy, which Represent the Produce of Land as either the Sole or the Principal Source of the Revenue and Wealth of Every Country; Book V; 1. Of the Expences of the Sovereign or Commonwealth; 2. Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society

3. Of Public Depts

Notes:

Reprint of the 1904 ed. published by Methuen & Co., London.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-568) and index.

ISBN:

9786612538667

9781282538665

1282538667

9780226763750

0226763757

OCLC:

647916186