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

by Adam Smith (1723–1790)

40 chapters, about 376,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK. 500 words
2. INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK. 1,100 words
3. CHAPTER I. OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR. 3,500 words
4. CHAPTER II. OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR. 3,400 words
5. CHAPTER IV. OF THE ORIGIN AND USE OF MONEY. 9,600 words
6. CHAPTER VI. OF THE COMPONENT PART OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES. 3,000 words
7. CHAPTER VII. OF THE NATURAL AND MARKET PRICE OF COMMODITIES. 3,700 words
8. CHAPTER VIII. OF THE WAGES OF LABOUR. 9,400 words
9. CHAPTER IX. OF THE PROFITS OF STOCK. 12,800 words
10. PART II.—Inequalities occasioned by the Policy of Europe. 10,100 words
11. CHAPTER XI. OF THE RENT OF LAND. 1,000 words
12. PART I.—Of the Produce of Land which always affords Rent. 38,800 words
13. Conclusion of the Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver. 4,300 words
14. Conclusion of the Chapter. 1,600 words
15. # PRICES OF WHEAT 600 words
16. INTRODUCTION. 900 words
17. CHAPTER I. OF THE DIVISION OF STOCK. 30,500 words
18. CHAPTER IV. OF STOCK LENT AT INTEREST. 3,600 words
19. CHAPTER V. OF THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF CAPITALS. 6,400 words
20. CHAPTER I. OF THE NATURAL PROGRESS OF OPULENCE. 15,800 words
21. BOOK IV. OF SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. 100 words
22. CHAPTER I. OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE COMMERCIAL OR MERCANTILE SYSTEM. 28,900 words
23. CHAPTER IV. OF DRAWBACKS. 2,100 words
24. CHAPTER V. OF BOUNTIES. 16,100 words
25. CHAPTER VI. OF TREATIES OF COMMERCE. 4,800 words
26. PART I. Of the Motives for Establishing New Colonies. 3,700 words
27. PART II. Causes of the Prosperity of New Colonies. 32,800 words
28. CHAPTER VIII. CONCLUSION OF THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM. 19,200 words
29. APPENDIX TO BOOK IV 200 words
30. PART I. Of the Expense of Defence. 7,200 words
31. PART II. Of the Expense of Justice 5,300 words
32. PART III. Of the Expense of public Works and public Institutions. 37,400 words
33. PART IV. Of the Expense of supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign. 200 words
34. CONCLUSION. 600 words
35. CHAPTER II. OF THE SOURCES OF THE GENERAL OR PUBLIC REVENUE OF THE SOCIETY. 3,500 words
36. PART II. Of Taxes. 1,200 words
37. ARTICLE I.—Taxes upon Rent—Taxes upon the Rent of Land. 8,300 words
38. ARTICLE II.—Taxes upon Profit, or upon the Revenue arising from Stock. 7,700 words
39. ARTICLE III.—Taxes upon the Wages of Labour. 18,500 words
40. CHAPTER III. OF PUBLIC DEBTS. 17,900 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Balance (metaphysics)
• Capital (economics)
• Clergy
• Competition (economics)
• Distribution (economics)
• Field (physics)
• Income tax
• Incorporeality
• Institution
• Marseille
• Metal (wuxing)
• Military
• Nation
• Navarre
• North America
• Parish
• Persuasion
• Peru
• Policy
• Political economy
• Price
• Productive forces
• Profit (economics)
• Reciprocity (cultural anthropology)
• Royal Society
• Salary
• Scarcity
• Slavery
• Sophist
• Sugar

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