Introduction by Robert ReichCommentary by R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner Adam Smith’s masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most i
First published in 1776, The Wealth of Nations is considered the seminal work on political economy. Its author, Adam Smith, formulated the basic but groundbreaking concept that the natural human incli
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith It is symbolic that Adam Smith’s masterpiece of economic analysis, The Wealth of Nations , was first published in 1776, the same year as the Declaration of Independ