{"product_id":"2026200017517-secondhand-the-wealth-of-nations","title":"The Wealth Of Nations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1776, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations stands as one of the most transformative and enduring works in the history of economic thought, a text that did not merely describe commerce but fundamentally redefined humanity's understanding of it. Smith chronicles the mechanics of a free-market economy with extraordinary analytical precision, arguing that the invisible hand of self-interest and competition — not the heavy hand of government — is the engine that drives national prosperity. From the division of labour in a pin factory to the intricate web of international trade, he presents a sweeping vision of how societies accumulate wealth, dismantling the mercantilist orthodoxies of his age and laying the intellectual groundwork for modern capitalism.\n\nThis Pelican Classics edition, carefully edited by Andrew Skinner, makes Smith's foundational text accessible to a contemporary readership without sacrificing its intellectual rigour. Smith's prose, though rooted in the Scottish Enlightenment, carries a clarity and empirical conviction that remains startlingly relevant to debates on taxation, free trade, and the role of the state in economic life. As a work of philosophy, history, and economic theory simultaneously, The Wealth of Nations rewards every reader with a new layer of insight — and the question it ultimately poses, of who truly benefits when nations grow rich, is one that no era has yet fully answered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216208077019,"sku":"2026200017517-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7a03dd7d-394b-43e3-bc30-7bf26e2ba808.png?v=1788405366","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017517-secondhand-the-wealth-of-nations","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}