The complete five unabridged books of The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. This epic collection of economic ideas show that people and free markets drive improvements, not governments and regulation. First published the same year as the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it became a prescient blueprint for the new United States of America. No student of thought should be without this historic book. This Value Classic Reprint provides a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS BOOK I. OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE 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 BOOK V. OF THE REVENUE OF THE SOVEREIGN OR COMMONWEALTH