1st Edition
Adam Smith: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I Edited by William Playfair
Edited By William Playfair
Copyright 1996
572 Pages
by
Routledge
572 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
VOLUME I: Introduction and Plan of the Work BOOK I Chapters I-XI Of 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 People BOOK II Chapters 1-11 Of the Nature. Accumulation and Employment of Stock
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Edited by William Playfair, Introduction by William Rees-Mogg
