The Wealth of Nations

作者: Adam Smith （亚当·斯密）著

出版社: Random House US

出版时间: 2004-01

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780553585971

定价: 34.10

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 1264页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>社会文化

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ItissymbolicthatAdamSmith'smasterpieceofeconomicanalysis,TheWealthofNations,wasfirstpublishedin1776,thesameyearasthe"DeclarationofIndependence."

Inhisbook,Smithferventlyextolledthesimpleyetenlightenednotionthatindividualsarefullycapableofsettingandregulatingpricesfortheirowngoodsandservices.Hearguedpassionatelyinfavoroffreetrade,yetstoodupforthelittleguy.TheWealthofNationsprovidedthefirst--andstillthemosteloquent--integrateddescriptionoftheworkingsofamarketeconomy.

TheresultofSmith'seffortsisawitty,highlyreadableworkofgeniusfilledwithprescienttheoriesthatformthebasisofathrivingcapitalistsystem.Thisunabridgededitionoffersthemodernreaderafreshlookatatimelessandseminalworkthatrevolutionizedthewaygovernmentsandindividualsviewthecreationanddispersionofwealth--andthatcontinuestoinfluenceoureconomyrightuptothepresentday. AdamSmithwasborninasmallvillageinKirkcaldy,Scotlandin1723.HeenteredtheUniversityofGlasgowatagefourteen,andlaterattendedBalliolCollegeatOxford.Afterlecturingforaperiod,heheldseveralteachingpositionsatGlasgowUniversity.HisgreatestachievementwaswritingTheWealthofNations(1776),afive-bookseriesthatsoughttoexposethetruecausesofprosperity,andinstalledhimasthefatherofcontemporaryeconomicthought.HediedinEdinburghonJuly19,1790. Introduction by Alan B. Krueger

Introduction and Plan of the Work

BOOK I

Of the causes of Improvement in the productive powers of Labour,and of the Order according to which its Produce is naturally

distributed among the different Ranks of the People

CHAPTER I

　Of the Division of Labour

CHAPTER II

　Of the Principle which gives Occasion to the Division of Labour

CHAPTER III

　That the Division of Labour is limited by the Extent of the Market

CHAPTER IV

　Of the Origin and Use of Money

CHAPTER V

　Of the real and nominal Price of Commodities, or of their Price in Labour, and their Price in Money

CHAPTER VI

  Of the component Parts of the Price of Commodities

CHAPTER VII

  Of the natural and market Price of Commodities

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内容简介:
ItissymbolicthatAdamSmith'smasterpieceofeconomicanalysis,TheWealthofNations,wasfirstpublishedin1776,thesameyearasthe"DeclarationofIndependence."

Inhisbook,Smithferventlyextolledthesimpleyetenlightenednotionthatindividualsarefullycapableofsettingandregulatingpricesfortheirowngoodsandservices.Hearguedpassionatelyinfavoroffreetrade,yetstoodupforthelittleguy.TheWealthofNationsprovidedthefirst--andstillthemosteloquent--integrateddescriptionoftheworkingsofamarketeconomy.

TheresultofSmith'seffortsisawitty,highlyreadableworkofgeniusfilledwithprescienttheoriesthatformthebasisofathrivingcapitalistsystem.Thisunabridgededitionoffersthemodernreaderafreshlookatatimelessandseminalworkthatrevolutionizedthewaygovernmentsandindividualsviewthecreationanddispersionofwealth--andthatcontinuestoinfluenceoureconomyrightuptothepresentday.
作者简介:
AdamSmithwasborninasmallvillageinKirkcaldy,Scotlandin1723.HeenteredtheUniversityofGlasgowatagefourteen,andlaterattendedBalliolCollegeatOxford.Afterlecturingforaperiod,heheldseveralteachingpositionsatGlasgowUniversity.HisgreatestachievementwaswritingTheWealthofNations(1776),afive-bookseriesthatsoughttoexposethetruecausesofprosperity,andinstalledhimasthefatherofcontemporaryeconomicthought.HediedinEdinburghonJuly19,1790.
目录:
Introduction by Alan B. Krueger

Introduction and Plan of the Work

BOOK I

Of the causes of Improvement in the productive powers of Labour,and of the Order according to which its Produce is naturally

distributed among the different Ranks of the People

CHAPTER I

　Of the Division of Labour

CHAPTER II

　Of the Principle which gives Occasion to the Division of Labour

CHAPTER III

　That the Division of Labour is limited by the Extent of the Market

CHAPTER IV

　Of the Origin and Use of Money

CHAPTER V

　Of the real and nominal Price of Commodities, or of their Price in Labour, and their Price in Money

CHAPTER VI

  Of the component Parts of the Price of Commodities

CHAPTER VII

  Of the natural and market Price of Commodities

……