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The Wealth of Nations Paperback – November 1, 2018

by Adam Smith (Author)

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The Wealth of Nations was published 9 March 1776, during the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish Agricultural Revolution. It influenced a number of authors and economists, as well as governments and organizations. For example, Alexander Hamilton was influenced in part by The Wealth of Nations to write his Report on Manufactures, in which he argued against many of Smith's policies. Interestingly, Hamilton based much of this report on the ideas of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, and it was, in part, Colbert's ideas that Smith responded to with The Wealth of Nations. Many other authors were influenced by the book and used it as a starting point in their own work, including Jean-Baptiste Say, David Ricardo, Thomas Malthus and, later, Ludwig von Mises. The Russian national poet Aleksandr Pushkin refers to The Wealth of Nations in his 1833 verse-novel Eugene Onegin.

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524 pages
Language

English
Publication date

November 1, 2018
Dimensions

7.44 x 1.19 x 9.69 inches
ISBN-10

1505577128
ISBN-13

978-1505577129
Lexile measure

1500L
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 1, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 524 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1505577128
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1505577129
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1500L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 1.19 x 9.69 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #27,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #32 in International Economics (Books)

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Cynthia

Messed up text

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2019

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Be careful

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JK

Oldie But Goodie!

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2021

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Excellent book!!! Everyone should read this! This book was recommended reading from Economics professor 20 yrs ago and bought this copy for 17 yo daughter homeschooling economics. One of the best books written about history of money and capitalism.

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John Jenkins

So hard to read

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2021

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In reading this book, I could only read 2 pages per hour. It is super hard to read. But it was worth it to make it to the end. I loved reading this one, and I got a better handle on what Adam Smith believed.

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Passerby

One Star

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2017

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A terribly published low quality book.

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Dolan

Do not repeat my mistake by choosing this version!

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2018

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This book is huge, maybe twice the dimensions of ordinary paper, so it won't fit into standard shelves. The formatting is awful if you're used to books from Penguin or Everyman's Library. I feel ripped off.

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jtyae

Worst formatting ever

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2018

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Worst formatting ever

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Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2019

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Great classic.

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Dr.Somnuti

Learn the Foundation

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2019

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Become wise and intellecutal about economics with the knowledge Adam Smith shares.

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Glyn Adgie

A bit heavy going, and lacks a good contents and index

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2021

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I got this book after reading that Adam Smith's philosophy is frequently misunderstood, and coerced into supporting modern political views which he did not propose. Reading this book confirms that. Though I find much of interest and contemporary relevance in Smith's writing, I struggled a bit with the structure of the book, which is a collection of fairly long essays, without a table of contents or index. My friend, who has a much older copy of Wealth of Nations, tells me that his copy is like that, so I don't think there is much wrong with the edition I bought. The 18th century prose is a bit chewy, too.

prziloczek

Very long

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2021

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This man is an economist whom I can understand! He doesn;t use long unnecessary words to impress and he knows what is ging on in the market place as opposed to his ivory tower.But - and a huge but here - it isn't for the likes of me. A book best kept, I think, as bedside reading, a bit at a time.

Jack Wiggins

Good content. Very bad print quality

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2020

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Content of the book is very good. The print is poor. It looks like amazon have literally scanned the original pages onto bigger pages. However for the price I can’t really complain but did expect a better quality book.

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Jack T.

Great but no index page?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2017

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No Index page? For a book this size, no index page makes it very inefficient to get information out of.

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Pawel

Good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2019