A study on the nature and causes of the wealth of peoples. Smith A.

Before the reader is the fundamental work on the classical economy, written more than two centuries ago by an outstanding economist and philosopher Adam Smith and had a huge impact on the development of economic science around the world.

The book includes two volumes, the first of which is divided into three books. They investigate the division of labor, the causes of money, the exchange value of goods, the problem of distribution of income, capital, as well as the history of the economy that the author has been considering since the fall of the Roman Empire.

The second volume contains two books, the first of which is devoted to the history of economic systems; The author shows how the wrong economic policy for many centuries has prevented the free division of labor. The second book discusses the expenses and income of the state, as well as state debts.

The book is recommended for economists, historians, sociologists, political scientists, students of humanitarian universities, as well as a wide range of readers interested in the history of economic, social and political teachings, the laws of development of society and civilization.