"The Wealth of Nations" Reading Guide

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A guided exploration of Smith's famous text.

WN Reading Guide: 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

WN Reading Guide: Book II

Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock

WN Reading Guide: Book III

Of the different Progress of Opulence in different Nations

WN Reading Guide: Book IV

Of Systems of political Economy

WN Reading Guide: Book V

Of the Revenue of the Sovereign of Commonwealth