What is the main content of The Wealth of Nations?

The Wealth of Nations is divided into five volumes. From the source of national wealth-labor, we talk about the division of labor, the means to improve labor productivity, the exchange generated by the division of labor, and the currency as the medium of exchange, and then discuss the price of goods and the components of the price-wages, land rent and profits.

Volume 1, chapter *** 1 1, the main content is to analyze the reasons for the formation and improvement of labor productivity and the principles of national wealth distribution;

Chapter ***5 of Volume 2 mainly discusses the nature and accumulation mode of capital, and analyzes that the demand of labor force depends on the nature of work;

Chapter ***4 of Volume 3 mainly introduces the causes of the relatively common policy of emphasizing urban industry and commerce and neglecting agriculture at that time;

Chapter 9 of Volume 4 mainly lists and analyzes various economic theories in different countries at different stages;

Chapter * * * of the fifth volume mainly analyzes the purpose of national income, whether it is for the whole people or only for a few people, and if it is for the whole people, how many kinds of expenditure items there are and what are their advantages and disadvantages; Why do contemporary governments have deficits and national debt, and the impact of these deficits and national debt on real wealth.

The book summarizes the experience of the development of state capitalism in early modern times, critically absorbs the important economic theories at that time, and gives a systematic description of the movement process of the whole national economy, which is known as "the first systematic economic masterpiece".

First of all, in The Wealth of Nations, he proposed that economic development should be guided by the "invisible hand"-the market, advocating free competition and opposing government intervention.

Secondly, starting from the motive of human nature-self-interest, this paper discusses that self-interest is the motive of all human economic behaviors.

Thirdly, the division of labor is the key to improve efficiency, and the labor theory of value is put forward, and the concepts of value and use value are clearly put forward for the first time.

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