The Wealth of Nations

Quite the page turner

Brill

The bible of economics.

I got this book after reading that Adam Smith's philosophy is frequently misunderstood, and coerced into supporting modern political views which he did not propose. Reading this book confirms that. Though I find much of interest and contemporary relevance in Smith's writing, I struggled a bit with the structure of the book, which is a collection of fairly long essays, without a table of contents or index. My friend, who has a much older copy of Wealth of Nations, tells me that his copy is like that, so I don't think there is much wrong with the edition I bought. The 18th century prose is a bit chewy, too.

Well worth a read if you're interested in what is happening today and how it could be done right

So far I am captivated by this book.

Good

The content and print quality is as high quality as you would expect, but there are no content pages. Over 500 pages, split between 6 sections (books) and there's not content pages to tell you where anything is. Trying to look back over certain topics or issues in near impossible as you have no indication in the book of where they are located. I can understand the lack of an index due to the sheer wealth of material, but even a simple breadown as to where each of the books are located would be helpful.

Nice book but very long aha

Es muy importante leer una obra en su lengua original.

Arrived in good condition, but a bit longer and more dry than I anticipated. Yet a real classic.

This book has started the field of economics as a science. Not an easy reading, but well worth the time!

本の質がいいです。読みやすいし、軽いです。買ってよかったです。