An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK
PREFACE

BOOK I: Of the Causes of Improvement in the productive Powers of Labour, and of the Order according to which its Produce is naturally distributed among the different Ranks of the People.
CHAPTER I: OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
CHAPTER II: OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
CHAPTER III: THAT THE DIVISION OF LABOUR IS LIMITED BY THE EXTENT OF THE MARKET
CHAPTER IV: OF THE ORIGIN AND USE OF MONEY
CHAPTER V: OF THE REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE OF COMMODITIES, OR OF THEIR PRICE IN LABOUR, AND THEIR PRICE IN MONEY
CHAPTER VI: OF THE COMPONENT PARTS OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES
CHAPTER VII: OF THE NATURAL AND MARKET PRICE OF COMMODITIES1
CHAPTER VIII: OF THE WAGES OF LABOUR
CHAPTER IX: OF THE PROFITS OF STOCK
CHAPTER X: OF WAGES AND PROFIT IN THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF LABOUR AND STOCK
CHAPTER X, PART I: Inequalities arising from the Nature of the Employments themselves
CHAPTER X, PART II: Inequalities occasioned by the Policy of Europe
CHAPTER XI: OF THE RENT OF LAND
CHAPTER XI, PART I: Of the Produce of Land which always affords Rent
CHAPTER XI, PART II: Of the Produce of Land which sometimes does, and sometimes does not, afford Rent
CHAPTER XI, PART III: Of the Variations in the Proportion between the respective Values of that Sort of Produce which always affords Rent, and of that which sometimes does and sometimes does not afford Rent
CHAPTER XI, Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver during the Course of the Four last Centuries
CHAPTER XI, Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver during the Course of the Four last Centuries, First Period
CHAPTER XI, Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver during the Course of the Four last Centuries, Second Period
CHAPTER XI, Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver during the Course of the Four last Centuries, Third Period
CHAPTER XI, Variations in the Proportion between the respective Values of Gold and Silver
CHAPTER XI, Grounds of the Suspicion that the Value of Silver still continues to decrease
CHAPTER XI, Different Effects of the Progress of Improvement upon three different Sorts of rude Produce
CHAPTER XI, Different Effects of the Progress of Improvement upon three different Sorts of rude Produce, First Sort
CHAPTER XI, Different Effects of the Progress of Improvement upon three different Sorts of rude Produce, Second Sort
CHAPTER XI, Conclusion of the Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver
CHAPTER XI, Effects of the Progress of Improvement upon the real Price of Manufactures
CHAPTER XI, Conclusion of the Chapter

BOOK II: Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: OF THE DIVISION OF STOCK
CHAPTER II: OF MONEY CONSIDERED AS A PARTICULAR BRANCH OF THE GENERAL STOCK OF THE SOCIETY, OR OF THE EXPENCE OF MAINTAINING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
CHAPTER III: OF THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL, OR OF PRODUCTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE LABOUR
CHAPTER IV: OF STOCK LENT AT INTEREST
CHAPTER V: OF THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENT OF CAPITALS

BOOK III: Of the different Progress of Opulence in different Nations
CHAPTER I: OF THE NATURAL PROGRESS OF OPULENCE
CHAPTER II: OF THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THE ANCIENT STATE OF EUROPE AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
CHAPTER III: OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CITIES AND TOWNS, AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
CHAPTER IV: HOW THE COMMERCE OF THE TOWNS CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COUNTRY

BOOK IV: Of Systems of political Œconomy
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE COMMERCIAL OR MERCANTILE SYSTEM
CHAPTER II: OF RESTRAINTS UPON THE IMPORTATION FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF SUCH GOODS AS CAN BE PRODUCED AT HOME
CHAPTER III: OF THE EXTRAORDINARY RESTRAINTS UPON THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS OF ALMOST ALL KINDS, FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WITH WHICH THE BALANCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE DISADVANTAGEOUS
CHAPTER III, PART I: Of the Unreasonableness of those Restraints even upon the Principles of the Commercial System
CHAPTER III, Digression concerning Banks of Deposit, particularly concerning that of Amsterdam
CHAPTER III, PART II: Of the Unreasonableness of those extraordinary Restraints upon other Principles

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