An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Download or read book An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations written by Adam Smith and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1776 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations. According, therefore, as this produce, or what is purchased with it, bears a greater or smaller proportion to the number of those who are to consume it, the nation will be better or worse supplied with all the necessaries and conveniencies for which it has occasion.