Cover
Contents
Introduction and Plan of the Work
Book One: The Productive Powers of Labour
Chapter I
Of the Division of Labour
Chapter II
Of the Principle which gives occasion to theDivision of Labour
Chapter III
That the Division of Labour is limited by theExtent of the Market
Chapter IV
Of the Origin and Use of Money
Chapter V
Of the Real and Nominal Price of Commodities, or their Price in Labour, and their Price in Money
Chapter VI
Of the Component Parts of the Price of Commodities
Chapter VII
Of the Natural and Market Price of Commodities
Chapter VIII
Of the Wages of Labour
Chapter IX
Of the Profits of Stock
Chapter X
Of Wages and Profit in the different Employments of Labour and Stock
PART 1
Inequalities arising from the Nature of the Employments themselves
PART 2
Inequalities by the Policy of Europe
Chapter XI
Of the Rent of Land
PART 1
Of the Produce of Land which always affords Rent
PART 2
Of the Produce of Land which sometimes does, and sometimes does not, afford Rent
PART 3
DIGRESSION CONCERNING THE VARIATIONS IN THE VALUE OF SILVER DURING THE COURSE OF THEFOUR LAST CENTURIES
First Period
Second Period
Third Period
VARIATIONS IN THE PROPORTION BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE VALUES OF GOLD AND SILVER
GROUNDS OF THE SUSPICION THAT THE VALUE OF SILVER STILL CONTINUES TO DECREASE
DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF THE PROGRESS OF IMPROVEMENT UPON THREE DIFFERENT SORTSOF RUDE PRODUCE
First Sort
Second Sort
Third Sort
CONCLUSION OF THE DIGRESSION CONCERNING THE VARIATIONS IN THE VALUE OF SILVER
EFFECTS OF THE PROGRESS OF IMPROVEMENT UPON THE REAL PRICE OF MANUFACTURES
CONCLUSION OF THE CHAPTER
Tables Referred to in Chapter 11, Part 3
Book Two: Of the Nature, Accumulation, and Employment of Stock
Introduction
Chapter I
Of the Division of Stock
Chapter II
Chapter III
Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labour
Chapter IV
Of Stock Lent at Interest
Chapter V
Book Three: Of the Different Progress of Opulence in Different Nations
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Book Four: Of Systems of Political Economy
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
PART 1
Of the Unreasonableness of those Restraints even upon the Principles of the Commercial System
DIGRESSION CONCERNING BANKS OF DEPOSIT, PARTICULARLY CONCERNING THAT OF AMSTERDAM
PART 2
Of the Unreasonableness of those extraordinary Restraints upon other Principles
Chapter IV
Chapter V
DIGRESSION CONCERNING THE CORN TRADE AND CORN LAWS
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
PART 1
Of the Motives for establishing new Colonies
PART 2
Causes of Prosperity of New Colonies
PART 3
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Book Five: Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth
Chapter I
Chapter II
PART 1
Of the Funds or Sources of Revenue which may peculiarly belong to the Sovereign or Commonwealth
PART 2
Of Taxes
ARTICLE I
Taxes upon Rent. Taxes upon the Rent of Land
Taxes which are proportioned, not to the Rent, but to the Produce of Land
Taxes upon the Rent of Houses
ARTICLE II
Taxes on Profit, or upon the Revenue arising from Stock
Taxes upon as Profit of particular Employments
Appendix to ARTICLES I and II.
Taxes upon the Capital Value of Land, Houses, and Stock
ARTICLE III
Taxes upon the Wages of Labour
ARTICLE IV
Taxes which, it is intended, should fall indifferently upon every different Species of Revenue
Capitation Taxes
Taxes upon Consumable Commodities
Chapter III