The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith1776book

Selected reading: Selected discussions of value, labour and price.

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How to study this source

  • What gives something value?

    coreSelected discussions of value, labour and price

    Compare the selected value and price arguments without treating the whole book as a single claim.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

Read alongside, read against

  • Principles of Economics

    Carl Menger. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • The Use of Knowledge in Society

    Friedrich Hayek. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Value and Capital

    John Hicks. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Microeconomic Theory

    Mas-Colell, Whinston · Green. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.

  • Misbehaving

    Richard Thaler. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.