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The Wealth of Nations

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ItissymbolicthatAdamSmith'smasterpieceofeconomicanalysis,TheWealthofNations,wasfirstpublishedin1776,thesameyearasthe"DeclarationofIndependence."Inhisbook,Smithferventlyextolledthesimpleyetenlightenednotionthatindividualsarefullycapableofsettingandregulatingpricesfortheirowngoodsandservices.Hearguedpassionatelyinfavoroffreetrade,yetstoodupforthelittleguy.TheWealthofNationsprovidedthefirst--andstillthemosteloquent--integrateddescriptionoftheworkingsofamarketeconomy.TheresultofSmith'seffortsisawitty,highlyreadableworkofgeniusfilledwithprescienttheoriesthatformthebasisofathrivingcapitalistsystem.Thisunabridgededitionoffersthemodernreaderafreshlookatatimelessandseminalworkthatrevolutionizedthewaygovernmentsandindividualsviewthecreationanddispersionofwealth--andthatcontinuestoinfluenceoureconomyrightuptothepresentday.

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AdamSmithwasborninasmallvillageinKirkcaldy,Scotlandin1723.HeenteredtheUniversityofGlasgowatagefourteen,andlaterattendedBalliolCollegeatOxford.Afterlecturingforaperiod,heheldseveralteachingpositionsatGlasgowUniversity.HisgreatestachievementwaswritingTheWealthofNations(1776),afive-bookseriesthatsoughttoexposethetruecausesofprosperity,andinstalledhimasthefatherofcontemporaryeconomicthought.HediedinEdinburghonJuly19,1790.

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