Book · 1776 · Nonfiction

The Wealth of Nations

Name: The Wealth of Nations
Author: Adam Smith

Penguin Books (Penguin Random House) · 537 pages

★ 8.2 editorial score

Wealth is not gold in a vault but what a country produces, and specialization multiplies it. Smith begins with ten men making pins and every economic argument since descends from him.

Genre

Economics Philosophy

Subject

Economics Free market Industrial Revolution Capitalism

Time

1776Depicts Age of EnlightenmentDepicts 18th century

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