书名：The Wealth of Nations Books I - III 国富论 1-3

作者：Adam Smith

出版社名称：Penguin 

出版时间：1982

语种：英语

ISBN：9780140432084

商品尺寸：12.9 x 2.6 x 19.7 cm

包装：平装

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest’
With this landmark treatise on political economy, Adam Smith paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that a truly free market – fired by competition yet guided as if by an ‘invisible hand’ to ensure justice and equality – was the engine of a fair and productive society. Books I–III of the Wealth of Nationsexamine the ‘division of labour’ as the key to economic growth, by ensuring the interdependence of individuals within society. They also cover the origins of money, the importance of wages, profit, rent and stocks. Smith’s work laid the foundations of economic theory in general and ‘classical’ economics in particular, but the real sophistication of his analysis derives from the fact that it also encompasses a combination of ethics, philosophy and history to create a vast panorama of society.
This edition contains an analytical introduction offering an in-depth discussion of Smith as an economist and social scientist, as well as a preface, further reading and explanatory notes.

《国富论》主导了人类政治经济的演进方向，即使是现今庞大复杂的社会，其运作方式仍然依循《国富论》的模型原则。书中阐述了财富来源和经济发展的原理，并且说明财富在社会各阶层自然分配的秩序。他不仅强调市场机制的无形力量，更凸显出经济体系存在着表面现象与内部实质联系的双重性。

Adam Smith (1723-90) taught both logic and moral philosophy at Glasgow University. His Wealth of Nations revolutionised the economic theories of the time. Andrew Skinner teaches at the Adam Smith Institute and is an expert on the author's work.

亚当·斯密（AdamSmith），18世纪英国著名的经济学家和伦理学家。1723年6月5日出生于苏格兰法夫郡；1737年进入格拉斯哥大学学习哲学；1740年被选人牛津大学深造；1748年任爱丁堡大学讲师；1751年任格拉斯哥大学教授；1763年任英国财政大臣养子的伴游导师；1778年任爱丁堡关税局长；1787年受聘为格拉斯哥大学校长；1790年7月17日辞世，享年67岁。
斯密一生奉献了两部传世经典：《道德情操论》（1759年）和《国富沦》（1776年）。前者为伦理学著作，它的出版使斯密享誉学术界；后者为经济学著作，它的出版标志着经济学作为一门独立学科的诞生，也成就了亚当·斯密作为“经济学之父”的不朽名声。