WEALTH OF NATIONS, THE (RPKG)（ISBN=9780679783367）

Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society; and Robert Reich's new Introduction for this edition both clarifies Smith's analyses and illuminates his overall relevance to the world in which we live. As Reich writes, "Smith's mind ranged over issues as fresh and topical today as they were in the late eighteenth century--jobs, wages, politics, government, trade, education, business, and ethics."

Adam Smith was born in a small village in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1723. He entered the University of Glasgow at age fourteen, and later attended Balliol College at Oxford. After lecturing for a period, he held several teaching positions at Glasgow University. His greatest achievement was writing The Wealth of Nations (1776), a five-book series that sought to expose the true causes of prosperity, and installed him as the father of contemporary economic thought. He died in Edinburgh on July 19, 1790.
From the Hardcover edition.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT REICH
INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK
BOOK I
Of the Causes of Improvement in the productive Powers of Labour,and of the Order according to which its Produce is naturallydistributed among the different Ranks of the People
CHAPTER I
Of the Division of Labour
CHAPTER II
Of the Principle which gives Occasion to the Division of Labour
CHAPTER III
That the Division of Labour is limited by the Extent of the Market
CHAPTER 1V
Of the Origin and Use of Money
CHAPTER V
Of the real and nominal Price of Commodities, or of their Pricein Labour, and their Price in Money
CHAPTER VI
Of the component Parts of the Price of Commodities
CHAPTER VII
Of the natural and market Price of Commodities
CHAPTER VIII
Of the Wages of Labour
……