The Wealth of Nations (Q233562)

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1776 work on economics by Adam Smith
  • An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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The Wealth of Nations
1776 work on economics by Adam Smith
  • An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

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Титульна сторінка книги (Лондонське видання 1776 року). (Ukrainian)
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (English)
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9 March 1776Gregorian
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... propensity in human nature ... the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another.
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The Wealth of Nations / Book I / II: Of the Principle Which Gives Occasion to the Division of Labour / This division ... It is the necessary, though very slow and gradual, consequence of a certain propensity in human nature which has in view no such extensive utility; the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another. (English)
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Book I / I Of the Division of Labour / In every ... The most opulent nations, indeed, generally excel all their neighbours in agriculture as well as in manufactures; but they are commonly more distinguished by their superiority in the latter than in the former. (English)
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN SMITH'S "WEALTH OF NATIONS" AND RICARDO'S "PRINCIPLES": A BRIEF HISTORY OF ITS EARLY DEVELOPMENT (English)
3. Comparative advantage in the Wealth of Nations / p.63 / Bloomfield ... Bloomfield then quotes the following statement from the /Wealth of Nations/: << The most opulent nations ... generally excel all their neighbours in agriculture as well as in manufactures; but they are commonly more distinguished by their superiority in the latter than in the former >>. This quote is the statement that Bloomfield believes << could have been developed into a theory of comparative costs >>. (English)
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Other sources oll.libertyfund.org <https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/smith-an-inquiry-into-the-nature-and-causes-of-the-wealth-of-nations-cannan-ed-in-2-vols> (English)
This particular ebook is based on a transcription from the Online Library of Liberty and on digital scans from Google Books. (English)

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