An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (often referred to simply as The Wealth of Nations) is an influential work on economics by Adam Smith, divided into 5 books.
Bibliographic notesAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was first published in 2 volumes in 1776. Four more editions, some with substantial revisions, were published in Smith's lifetime, the last in 1789. Many editions have since been published in various languages, based on the five earliest editions.
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (2 volumes; London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776), by Adam SmithThe first edition.
- An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (source editions unclear), by Adam Smith
- An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (based on 1904 edition), by Adam Smith, ed. by Edwin Cannan (HTML at econlib.org)
- An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith LL.D. F.R.S., With a Life of the Author; Also, A View of the Doctrine of Smith, Compared With That of the French Economists; With a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works (London and Edinburgh: T. Nelson and Sons, 1852), by Adam Smith, contrib. by M. Garnier (Gutenberg text)
- Investigacion de la Naturaleza y Causes de la Riqueza de las Naciones (The Wealth of Nations in Spanish; 4 volumes; Valladolid: Viuda Hijos de Santander, 1794), by Adam Smith, trans. by Josef Alonso Ortiz
- The Wealth of Nations (3 volumes; New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1902), by Adam Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
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