The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immedia
A Vintage Classics edition of the first—and still the most eloquent—expression of the economic theories of capitalism.Published in 1776, in the same year as the Declaration of Independence, The Wealth
Reflecting Adam Smith's wide learning and varied interests, these essays shed considerable light on his place in the Scottish Enlightenment. Included are histories of astronomy, ancient logic, and a
