- Published: 29 November 1991
- ISBN: 9781857150117
- Imprint: Everyman
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 622
- RRP: $50.00
The Wealth of Nations
Books IV-V
The second part of Adam Smith's economic theory, stating the argument for free trade
Published in the same year as the American Declaration of Independence, The Wealth of Nations has had an equally great impact on the course of modern history. Adam Smith's celebrated defence of free market economics is notable also as one of the Enlightenment's most eloquent testaments to the sanctity of the individual in his relations to the state.
- Published: 29 November 1991
- ISBN: 9781857150117
- Imprint: Everyman
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 622
- RRP: $50.00
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About the author
Adam Smith was born in a small village in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1723. He entered the University of Glasgow at age fourteen, and later attended Balliol College at Oxford. After lecturing for a period, he held several teaching positions at Glasgow University. His greatest achievement was writing The Wealth of Nations (1776), a five-book series that sought to expose the true causes of prosperity, and installed him as the father of contemporary economic thought. He died in Edinburgh on July 19, 1790.