Thursday 10 March 2011

An anniversary I missed

Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was published on 9th March 1776. It is this book, it is normally claimed, that started economics.

1 comment:

Wayne H said...

Available as a first edition for $122,500 http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5382781 or for the price of a internet connected device via wiki http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations

Scarce good versus abundant good:)