On the Wealth of Nations
by O'Rourke, P. J.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-12-04
Publisher(s): Atlantic Monthly Press
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Summary
As one of the first titles in Atlantic Monthly Press' "Books That Changed the World" series, America's most provocative satirist, P. J. O'Rourke, reads Adam Smith's revolutionary "The Wealth of Nations" so you don't have to.
Table of Contents
| An inquiry into an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations | p. 1 |
| Why is the wealth of nations so damn long? | p. 14 |
| The theory of moral sentiments | p. 26 |
| In the Augean stables of the human condition, Adam Smith tries to muck out the stalls | |
| The wealth of nations, book 1 | p. 38 |
| How the high price of freedom makes the best things in life free | |
| The wealth of nations, book 2 | p. 57 |
| "Of the nature, accumulation, and employment of stock" let Adam Smith be your market guru | |
| The wealth of nations, book 2, continued | p. 70 |
| Adam Smith, un-motivational speaker | |
| The wealth of nations, book 3 | p. 85 |
| "Of the different progress of opulence in different nations" and how we have the stupidity of the powerful to thank for it | |
| The wealth of nations, book 4 | p. 98 |
| "Of systems of political economy" Adam Smith tackles the Chinese trade menace | |
| The wealth of nations, book 4, continued | p. 111 |
| Adam Smith versus the ideological swine when they were still cute, squealing piglets | |
| Adam Smith, America's founding Dutch uncle | p. 119 |
| The wealth of nations, book 5 | p. 132 |
| "Of the revenue of the sovereign or commonwealth" Adam Smith, policy wonk | |
| Adam Smith's lost book | p. 153 |
| An inquiry into Adam Smith | p. 162 |
| Adam Smith in heaven | p. 190 |
| An Adam Smith philosophical dictionary | p. 197 |
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