The Wealth of Nations, Books I-III

Adam Ferguson Adam Smith afford agriculture ancient annual produce bank butcher's meat cattle cent century circulating capital coin commerce commodities commonly consumed consumption continually corn dearer division of labour Dugald Stewart economic effect employed employment England Europe exchange exchangeable value expense farmer frequently gold and silver greater quantity increase industry interest land and labour landlord less maintain manner manufactures master ment merchant metals mines money price natural price necessarily necessary occasion ordinary ounce paid paper money particular perhaps Peru Physiocrats pound weight pounds precious metals present price of corn price of labour productive labour profits of stock proportion proprietors purchase quantity of labour quantity of silver raise real price regulated rent revenue rise rude produce Scotland seems seldom shillings society sometimes sort subsistence sufficient supply tillage tion town trade value of silver wages of labour wealth Wealth of Nations wheat whole workmen