An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

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Librito Mondi, 1946 - Economics - 75 pages
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK
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BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH...
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CHAPTER II OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
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CHAPTER III THAT THE DIVISION OF LABOUR IS LIMITED BY THE EXTENT OF THE MARKET
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CHAPTER IV OF THE ORIGIN AND USE OF MONEY
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CHAPTER V OF THE REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE OF COMMODITIES OR OF THEIR PRICE IN LABOUR AND THEIR PRICE IN MONEY
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CHAPTER VI OF THE COMPONENT PART OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES
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CHAPTER VII OF THE NATURAL AND MARKET PRICE OF COMMODITIES
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CHAPTER II OF THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THE ANCIENT STATE OF EUROPE AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN E...
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CHAPTER III OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CITIES AND TOWNS AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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CHAPTER IV HOW THE COMMERCE OF TOWNS CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COUNTRY
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BOOK IV OF SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
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CHAPTER II OF RESTRAINTS UPON IMPORTATION FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF SUCH GOODS AS CAN BE PRODUCED AT HOME
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CHAPTER III OF THE EXTRAORDINARY RESTRAINTS UPON THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS OF ALMOST ALL KINDS FROM THOSE CO...
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PART IIOf the Unreasonableness of those extraordinary Restraints upon other Principles
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CHAPTER IV OF DRAWBACKS
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CHAPTER VIII OF THE WAGES OF LABOUR
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CHAPTER IX OF THE PROFITS OF STOCK
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CHAPTER X OF WAGES AND PROFIT IN THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF LABOUR AND STOCK
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PART IIInequalities occasioned by the Policy of Europe
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CHAPTER XI OF THE RENT OF LAND
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PART IOf the Produce of Land which always affords Rent
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PART IIOf the Produce of Land which sometimes does and sometimes does not afford Rent
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PART IIIOf the variations in the Proportion between the respective Values of that sort of Produce which always affords Rent and of that which somet...
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Conclusion of the Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver
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Conclusion of the Chapter
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BOOK II OF THE NATURE ACCUMULATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF STOCK
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INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF STOCK
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CHAPTER II OF MONEY CONSIDERED AS A PARTICULAR BRANCH OF THE GENERAL STOCK OF THE SOCIETY OR OF THE EXPENSE ...
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CHAPTER III OF THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL OR OF PRODUCTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE LABOUR
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CHAPTER IV OF STOCK LENT AT INTEREST
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CHAPTER V OF THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF CAPITALS
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BOOK III OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRESS OF OPULENCE IN DIFFERENT NATIONS
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CHAPTER V OF BOUNTIES
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CHAPTER VI OF TREATIES OF COMMERCE
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CHAPTER VII OF COLONIES
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PART II Causes of the Prosperity of New Colonies
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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 ...
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CHAPTER VIII CONCLUSION OF THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM
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CHAPTER IX OF THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS OR OF THOSE SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY WHICH REPRESENT THE PRODUC...
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APPENDIX TO BOOK IV
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BOOK V
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CHAPTER I OF THE EXPENSES OF THE SOVEREIGN OR COMMONWEALTH
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PART II Of the Expense of Justice
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PART III Of the Expense of public Works and public Institutions
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PART IV Of the Expense of supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign
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CONCLUSION
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CHAPTER II OF THE SOURCES OF THE GENERAL OR PUBLIC REVENUE OF THE SOCIETY
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PART II Of Taxes
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APPENDIX TO ARTICLES I AND IITaxes upon the Capital Value of Lands Houses and Stock
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CHAPTER III OF PUBLIC DEBTS
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