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.
- Date
- 1776
- Origin
- Scotland
- Genre
- Economics
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Smith analyzes specialization, exchange, prices, institutions, and the moral and political conditions of commercial society.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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