Principles of Political Economy
John Stuart Mill · Victorian · Philosophy / economics
Enlightenment · Economics
The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith. Smith analyzes specialization, exchange, prices, institutions, and the moral and political conditions of commercial society.
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- Date
- 1776
- Origin
- Scotland
- Genre
- Economics
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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Why it matters
Smith analyzes specialization, exchange, prices, institutions, and the moral and political conditions of commercial society.
This work is included on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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