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(Depending on the set produced, this title can be found in Great Books of the Western World volumes 36 or 39)
While it has been pointed to time and again by governments and pundits promoting laissez-faire economics, the Wealth of Nations actually shows that Adam Smith viewed capitalism... read more
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- George Iii: King of England
- Elizabeth: Queen of England
- Charles Ii: King of England
- Fleetwood
- Ulloa
- Mary
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- Matthew Decker
- Mr. Hume: Scottish philosopher
- Mr. Dupré De St Maur
- Pliny
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- Plato
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- Dr Douglas
- Edward VI
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- George I.
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- New England
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- France
- Scotland
- North America
- Rome
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- Greece
- Ireland
- London
- China
- Wales
- East India Company
- East India
- United Kingdom
- United States
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- Portugal
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- Switzerland
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- Italy
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- Turkey
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- Germany
- Australia
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- Kirkcaldy
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- Prussia
- Cornwall
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- Louis
- Amsterdam
- Athens
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- Hamburg
- Denmark
- Calcutta
- Edinburgh
- Paris
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- Poland
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- Mexico
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- St. Domingo
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- New York
First Sentence edit
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.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 58 of 96 in Wikipedia's 100 most influential books ever written. (authoritative list)
This is book 62 of 73 in Robert B. Downs - Books that Changed the World. (authoritative list)
This is book 8 of 95 in The Art of Manliness' Essential Man’s Library. (authoritative list)
This book is in Oxford PPE UA Amp P Political Economy. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Adam Smith (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: W. Strahan and T. Cadell
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1776
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 1264
Publisher: W. Strahan and T. Cadell
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1776
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 1264
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- Dewey: 330.1530924
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