ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1991
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

ADAM SMITH

AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS

Predgovor - Paul Samuelson

Izdavač - The Easton Press, Norwalk

Godina - 1991

590 strana

24 cm

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Stanje - Kao na slici, tekst bez podvlačenja



SADRŽAJ:
OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWER OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE
I. Of the Division of Labour
II. Of the Principle Which Gives Occasion to the Division of Labour
III. That the Division of Labour is Limited by the Extent of the Market
IV. Of the Origin and Use of Money
V. Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities, or of Their Price in Labour, and Their Price in Money
VI. Of the Component Parts of the Price of Commodities
VII. Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities
VIII. Of the Wages of Labour
IX. Of the Profits of Stock
X. Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock
XI. Of the Rent of Land

OF THE NATURE, ACCUMULATION, AND EMPLOYMENT OF STOCK
I. Of the Division of Stock
II. Of Money Considered as a Particular Branch of the General Stock of the Society, or of the Expence of Maintaining the National Capital
III. Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labour
IV. Of Stock Lent at Interest
V. Of the Different Employment of Capitals

OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRESS OF OPULENCE IN DIFFERENT NATIONS
I. Of the Natural Progress of Opulence

OF SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
I. Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System
II. Of Restraints Upon the Importation from Foreign Countries of Such Goods as Can Be Produced at Home
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
IV. Of Drawbacks
V. Of Bounties
VI. Of Treaties of Commerce.
VII. Of Colonies
VIII. Conclusion of the Mercantile System
IX. Of the Agricultural Systems, or of the 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

OF THE REVENUE OF THE SOVEREIGN OR COMMONWEALTH
I. Of the Expences of the Sovereign or Commonwealth
II. Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society
III. Of Public Debts


`An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790). First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world`s first connected accounts of what builds nations` wealth, and has become a fundamental work in classical economics. Reflecting upon economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, Smith addresses topics such as the division of labour, productivity, and free markets.

The Wealth of Nations was published in two volumes on 9 March 1776 (with books I–III included in the first volume and books IV and V included in the second), during the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish Agricultural Revolution. It influenced several authors and economists, such as Karl Marx, as well as governments and organizations, setting the terms for economic debate and discussion for the next century and a half. For example, Alexander Hamilton was influenced in part byThe Wealth of Nations to write his Report on Manufactures, in which he argued against many of Smith`s policies. Hamilton based much of this report on the ideas of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, and it was, in part, Colbert`s ideas that Smith responded to, and criticised, withThe Wealth of Nations.

The Wealth of Nations was the product of seventeen years of notes and earlier studies, as well as an observation of conversation among economists of the time (like Nicholas Magens) concerning economic and societal conditions during the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and it took Smith some ten years to produce. The result was a treatise which sought to offer a practical application for reformed economic theory to replace the mercantilist and physiocratic economic theories that were becoming less relevant in the time of industrial progress and innovation. It provided the foundation for economists, politicians, mathematicians, and thinkers of all fields to build upon. Irrespective of historical influence,The Wealth of Nations represented a clear paradigm shift in the field of economics, comparable to what Immanuel Kant`s Critique of Pure Reason was for philosophy.

Five editions of The Wealth of Nations were published during Smith`s lifetime: in 1776, 1778, 1784, 1786 and 1789. Numerous editions appeared after Smith`s death in 1790. To better understand the evolution of the work under Smith`s hand, a team led by Edwin Cannan collated the first five editions. The differences were published along with an edited sixth edition in 1904. They found minor but numerous differences (including the addition of many footnotes) between the first and the second editions; the differences between the second and third editions are major. In 1784, Smith annexed these first two editions with the publication of Additions and Corrections to the First and Second Editions of Dr. Adam Smith`s Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, and he also had published the three-volume third edition of the Wealth of Nations, which incorporated Additions and Corrections and, for the first time, an index. Among other things, the Additions and Corrections included entirely new sections, particularly to book 4, chapters 4 and 5, and to book 5, chapter 1, as well as an additional chapter (8), `Conclusion of the Mercantile System`, in book 4.

The fourth edition, published in 1786, had only slight differences from the third edition, and Smith himself says in the Advertisement at the beginning of the book, `I have made no alterations of any kind.` Finally, Cannan notes only trivial differences between the fourth and fifth editions—a set of misprints being removed from the fourth and a different set of misprints being introduced.`



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