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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

Book I, Chapter 1

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Chapter I: Of the Division of Labor

Book I, Chapter II

Chapter II: Of the Principle which gives Occasion to the Division of Labor

Book I, Chapter III

Chapter III: That the Division of Labour is Limited by the Extent of the Market

Book I, Chapter IV

Chapter IV: Of the Origin and Use of Money

Book I, Chapter V

Chapter V: Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities

Book I, Chapter VI

Of the Component Parts of the Price of Commodities

Book I, Chapter VII

Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities

Book I, Chapter VIII

Of the Wages of Labour

Book I, Chapter IX

Of the Profits of Stock

Book I, Chapter X

Of Wages and Profit in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock
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