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DISC 1

00 - Introduction and Plan of the Work 16:40
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. 

Ch 01 - The Division of Labour219:43
Ch 02 - Of the Principle That Gives Occasion of Division of Labour38:53
Ch 03 - That the Division of Labour Is Limited by the Extent of the Market410:14
Ch 04 - Of the Origin and Use of Money514:46
Ch 05 - Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities or of Their Price In Labour and Their Price In Money, parts 1-26-737:40
Ch 06 - Of the Component Part of the Price Of Commodities815:17
Ch 07 - Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities918:57
Ch 08 - Of the Wages of Labour, parts 1-210-1148:18
Ch 09 - Of the Profits of Stock1223:13
Ch 10 - Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock, parts 1-513-172:12:14
Ch 11 - Of the Rent of Land, parts 1-818-244:09:07



BOOK II. OF THE NATURE, ACCUMULATION, AND EMPLOYMENT OF STOCK.

Introduction & Ch. 1 - Of the Division of Stock2523:29
Ch 2 - Of Money Considered as a Particular Branch of the General Stock of Society or of the Expense of Maintaining the National Capital, parts 1- 326-281:51:30
Ch 3 - Of The Accumulation Of Capital or of Productive and Unproductive Labour, parts 1-229-3046:48
Ch 4 - Of Stock Lent At Interest3120:13
Ch 5 - Of the Different Employments of Capitals3240:43



BOOK III. OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRESS OF OPULENCE IN DIFFERENT NATIONS

Ch 1 - Of the Different Progress of Opulence in Different Nations3311:37
Ch 2 - Of the Discouragement of Agriculture in the Ancient State of Europe After the Fall of the Roman Empire3427:12
Ch 3 - Of the Rise and Progress of Cities and Towns after the Fall of the Roman Empire3524:51
Ch 4 - How the Commerce of Towns Contributed to the Improvement of the Country3630:24



DISC 2

BOOK IV. OF SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Intro & Ch 01 - Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System, part A130:12
Ch 1 - Of the Principle of the Commercial or Mercantile System, part B227:40
Ch 2 - Of Restraints Upon the Importation from Foreign Countries of Such Goods as can be Produced at Home, parts A & B3-450:23
Ch 3 - Of The Extraordinary Restraints Upon The Importation Of Goods of Almost All Kinds From Those Countries of Which the Balance is Supposed to be Disadvantageous, parts A & B5-61:03:56
Ch 4 - Of Drawbacks713:14
Ch 5 - Of Bounties, parts A - D8-111:35:30
Ch 6 - Of Treaties of Commerce1228:57
Ch 7 - Of Colonies, parts A - G13-193:21:14
Ch 8 - Conclusion of the Mercantile System, parts A & B20-2152:08
 Ch 9 - Of the Agricultural Systems or of Those Systems of Political Economy which Represent the Produce of Land as Either the Sole or the Principal Source of the Revenue and Wealth of Every Country, parts A & B22-231:05:53



BOOK V. OF THE REVENUE OF THE SOVEREIGN OR COMMONWEALTH

Ch 1 - Of The Expenses Of The Sovereign Or Commonwealth, parts A - H24-314:29:01
Ch 2 - Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society, parts A - G32-383:52:17
Ch 3 - Of Public Debts, parts A - C39-411:34:30

Notes
Running Time: 36 hours 15 minutes
Read by: Stephen Escalara
Book Coordinator: Stephen Escalara
Meta Coordinators:  Mary Anderson (Books I - III), Karen Savage (Book IV), Barry Eads (Book V)
Proof Listener: Karen Merline (Books I - III)

Artwork
Cover: Etching created by Cadell and Davies , John Horsburgh or R.C. Bell from an original depiction of Smith created in 1787 by James Tassie in the form of an enamel paste medallion.
Inset:   Title page of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, 1776.
Inset:  The Muir portrait of Adam Smith by an unknown artist.

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ranks alongside Newton’s Principia Mathematica, Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, and Lavoisier’s Elementary Treatise of Chemistry as a profound work that helped lay the intellectual foundations of the modern world. Over a period of seventeen years Adam Smith assembled notes and observations of discussions among economists and spent ten years writing a treatise that offered a practical reformed economic theory to meet the challenges of the emerging Industrial Revolution and replace increasingly obsolete mercantilist and physiocratic economic theories.  It consists of five Books: Book I, Of the Causes of Improvement in the Productive Powers of Labour; Book II, Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock; Book III, Of the Different Progress of Opulence in Different Nations; Book IV - Of Systems of Political Economy; and Book V - Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth. The ideas and policies articulated by Smith have influenced countless economists and authors as well as governments and organizations over the ages. The notion that individuals guided by their enlightened self-interest will achieve an economic outcome that benefits the public at large is a sacred tenet of neoclassical economics, as is the related idea of “an invisible hand” that creates economic equilibrium and prosperity when markets are allowed to operate freely.  The book was an instant success when it was published in 1776, selling out in six months. It went through five editions in Smith’s lifetime, with significant Additions and Corrections and an index included in the third edition of 1784. It continues to be a fundamental work in classical economics to this day.


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