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The Wealth of Nations

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Author Adam Smith
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Knopf | Vintage
5.14"W x 7.84"H x 0.99"D  
On sale Oct 13, 2020 | 640 Pages | 9780593310878
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Published in 1776, in the same year as the Declaration of Independence, The Wealth of Nations has had a similarly significant impact on the course of modern history. Adam Smith’s celebrated defense of free market economies was written with such expressive power and clarity that the first edition sold out in six months. While its most remarkable and enduring innovation was to see the whole of economic life as a unified system, it is notable also as one of the Enlightenment’s most eloquent testaments to the sanctity of the individual in his relation to the state. This edition contains in one volume the most influential first four books of Smith's masterwork. 
 
“Adam Smith’s enormous authority resides, in the end, in the same property that we discover in Marx: not in any ideology, but in an effort to see to the bottom of things.” —Robert L. Heilbroner
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ADAM SMITH is an entrepreneur, life coach, consultant, and motivational speaker. His popular blog, asmithblog.com, has more than 70K unique monthly readers and offers insights on leadership, bravery, and life purpose, among other topics. Named one of the most influential people of 2014 by American Genius, Smith has written for Entrepreneur and Success Magazine, among others, and has been featured in Newsday and other media. He has more than 275K Twitter followers and growing followings on Instagram and other social media outlets, and he hosts a weekly podcast called "Live Life With Purpose." He lives in Illinois with his family.

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"Adam Smith's enormous authority resides, in the end, in the same property that we discover in Marx: not in any ideology, but in an effort to see to the bottom of things."
--Robert L. Heilbroner

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Published in 1776, in the same year as the Declaration of Independence, The Wealth of Nations has had a similarly significant impact on the course of modern history. Adam Smith’s celebrated defense of free market economies was written with such expressive power and clarity that the first edition sold out in six months. While its most remarkable and enduring innovation was to see the whole of economic life as a unified system, it is notable also as one of the Enlightenment’s most eloquent testaments to the sanctity of the individual in his relation to the state. This edition contains in one volume the most influential first four books of Smith's masterwork. 
 
“Adam Smith’s enormous authority resides, in the end, in the same property that we discover in Marx: not in any ideology, but in an effort to see to the bottom of things.” —Robert L. Heilbroner

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© Courtesy of the author

ADAM SMITH is an entrepreneur, life coach, consultant, and motivational speaker. His popular blog, asmithblog.com, has more than 70K unique monthly readers and offers insights on leadership, bravery, and life purpose, among other topics. Named one of the most influential people of 2014 by American Genius, Smith has written for Entrepreneur and Success Magazine, among others, and has been featured in Newsday and other media. He has more than 275K Twitter followers and growing followings on Instagram and other social media outlets, and he hosts a weekly podcast called "Live Life With Purpose." He lives in Illinois with his family.

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"Adam Smith's enormous authority resides, in the end, in the same property that we discover in Marx: not in any ideology, but in an effort to see to the bottom of things."
--Robert L. Heilbroner

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