An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, usually referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is a book by Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. Publ
Title-page of the 1776 London edition
Bust of Smith in the Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy
Edward Gibbon praised The Wealth of Nations.
Charles James Fox was the first person to mention The Wealth of Nations in Parliament.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments is a 1759 book by Adam Smith. It provided the ethical, philosophical, economic, and methodological underpinnings to Smith's later works, including The Wealth of Nations,