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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
- Publication Date: 1776
- Flesch-Kincaid Level: 15
- Approx. Reading Time: 1 day, 7 hours, and 27 minutes
The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations.According...
- Publication Date: 1776
- Flesch-Kincaid Level: 15
- Approx. Reading Time: 1 day, 7 hours, and 27 minutes
Table of Contents
- Introduction and Plan of the Work
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Book I
- Book I - Chapter I. Of the Division of Labour
- Book I - Chapter II. Of the Principle Which Gives Occasion to the Division of Labour
- Book I - Chapter III. That the Division of Labour is Limited by the Extent of the Market
- Book I - Chapter IV. Of the Origin and Use of Money
- Book I - Chapter V. Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities, or of Their Price in Labour, and Their Price in Money
- Book I - Chapter VI. Of the Component Part of the Price of Commodities
- Book I - Chapter VII. Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities
- Book I - Chapter VIII. Of the Wages of Labour
- Book I - Chapter IX. Of the Profits of Stock
- Book I - Chapter X. Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock
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Book I - Chapter XI. Of the Rent of Land
- Chapter XI. Of the Rent of Land - Part I. Of the Produce of Land Which Always Affords Rent
- Chapter XI. Of the Rent of Land - Part II. Of the Produce of Land, Which Sometimes Does, and Sometimes Does Not, Afford Rent
- Chapter XI. Of the Rent of Land - Part III. Of the Variations in the Proportion Between the Respective Values of that Sort of Produce Which Always Affords Rent, and of That Which Sometimes Does, and Sometimes Does Not, Afford Rent
- Chapter XI. Of the Rent of Land - Conclusion of the Digression Concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver
- Chapter XI. Of the Rent of Land - Conclusion of the Chapter
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Book II
- Book II - Introduction
- Book II - Chapter I. Of the Division of Stock
- Book II - Chapter II. Of Money, Considered as a Particular Branch of the General Stock of the Society, or of the Expense of Maintaining the National Capital
- Book II - Chapter III. Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labour
- Book II - Chapter IV. Of Stock Lent at Interest
- Book II - Chapter V. Of the Different Employments of Capitals
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Book III
- Book III - Chapter I. Of the Natural Progress of Opulence
- Book III - Chapter II. Of the Discouragement of Agriculture in the Ancient State of Europe, After the Fall of the Roman Empire
- Book III - Chapter III. Of the Rise and Progress of Cities and Towns, after the Fall of the Roman Empire
- Book III - Chapter IV. How the Commerce of Towns Contributed to the Improvement of the Country
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Book IV
- Book IV - Chapter I. Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System
- Book IV - Chapter II. Of Restraints upon Importation from Foreign Countries of Such Goods as can be Produced at Home
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Book IV - Chapter III. Of the Extraordinary Restraints Upon the Importation of Goods of Almost All Kinds, From Those Countries with which the Balance is Supposed to be Disadvantageous
- Chapter III. Of the Extraordinary Restraints Upon the Importation of Goods of Almost All Kinds, From Those Countries with which the Balance is Supposed to be Disadvantageous - Part I. Of the Unreasonableness of those Restraints, Even upon the Principles of the Commercial System
- Chapter III. Of the Extraordinary Restraints Upon the Importation of Goods of Almost All Kinds, From Those Countries with which the Balance is Supposed to be Disadvantageous - Part II. Of the Unreasonableness of those Extraordinary Restraints, upon Other Principles
- Book IV - Chapter IV. Of Drawbacks
- Book IV - Chapter V. Of Bounties
- Book IV - Chapter VI. Of Treaties of Commerce
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Book IV - Chapter VII. Of Colonies
- Chapter VII. Of Colonies - Part I. Of the Motives for Establishing New Colonies
- Chapter VII. Of Colonies - Part II. Causes of the Prosperity of New Colonies
- Chapter VII. Of Colonies - Part III. Of the Advantages which Europe has Derived from the Discovery of America, and from that of a Passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope
- Book IV - Chapter VIII. Conclusion of the Mercantile System
- Book IV - Chapter IX. Of the Agricultural Systems, or of those Systems of Political Economy Which Represent the Produce of Land, as Either the Sole or the Principal Source of the Revenue and Wealth of Every Country
- Book IV - Appendix to Book IV
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Book V
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Book V - Chapter I. Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth
- Chapter I. Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth - Part I. Of the Expense of Defence
- Chapter I. Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth - Part II. Of the Expense of Justice
- Chapter I. Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth - Part III. Of the Expense of Public Works and Public Institutions
- Chapter I. Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth - Part IV. Of the Expense of Supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign
- Chapter I. Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth - Conclusion
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Book V - Chapter II. Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society
- Chapter II. Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society - Part I. Of the Funds, or Sources, of Revenue, Which May Peculiarly Belong to the Sovereign or Commonwealth
- Chapter II. Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society - Part II. Of Taxes
- Chapter II. Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society - Appendix to Articles I and II. Taxes upon the Capital Value of Lands, Houses, and Stock
- Book V - Chapter III. Of Public Debts
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Book V - Chapter I. Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth