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Adam Smith

T1AcademicsEconomic growth and development

Wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and The Wealth of Nations (1776), the book that began modern economics as a discipline; a figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.

University of Glasgow

The Wealth of Nations set out how division of labour, self-interest and competitive prices coordinate production without central direction, and it supplies the vocabulary economics still argues in: specialisation, capital accumulation, natural and market price. The Theory of Moral Sentiments supplies the other half, placing exchange inside a system of sympathy and judgement.

7 books of their own

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  1. The Wealth of NationsAdam Smith, 1776
  2. The Theory of Moral SentimentsAdam Smith, 1759
The Wealth of NationsThe Wealth of Nations
T1 The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith · 1776
Open LibraryGoodreads

How the division of labour and free markets make a nation rich.

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Patrick Collison and 7 others

The Theory of Moral SentimentsThe Theory of Moral Sentiments
T1 The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith · 1759
Open LibraryGoodreads

How moral judgement grows from sympathy and an imagined impartial spectator.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of theAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Volume 1
T1 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Volume 1
Adam Smith · 2015
Open LibraryGoodreads

Books One to Three: division of labour, money, prices, wages, profit and capital.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of theAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Volume 2
T1 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Volume 2
Adam Smith · 2015
Open LibraryGoodreads

Books Four and Five: the case against mercantilism, and the role of the state.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Money GameThe Money Game
T1 The Money Game
Adam Smith · 1968
Open LibraryGoodreads

Markets as a game of crowd psychology, seen through 1960s go-go Wall Street.

“One of the great books about investing is Adam Smith's 'The Money Game' which was published in 1967.” — Barton Biggs

Source: Biggs on one of the great books about investing

Recommended by: Barton Biggs, Howard Marks, Mohnish Pabrai and 5 others

SupermoneySupermoney
T1 Supermoney
Adam Smith · 1972
Open LibraryGoodreads

Wall Street from the late-1960s boom to the 1970 to 1973 collapse.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Warren Buffett

Paper MoneyPaper Money
T1 Paper Money
Adam Smith · 1981
Open LibraryGoodreads

The 1970s disorder: the end of Bretton Woods, oil shocks and petrodollar loans.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Wealth of NationsHow the division of labour and free markets make a nation rich.1776T1Naval Ravikant, Patrick Collison, Charlie Munger and 6 others
The Theory of Moral SentimentsHow moral judgement grows from sympathy and an imagined impartial spectator.1759T1Mohnish Pabrai
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Volume 1Books One to Three: division of labour, money, prices, wages, profit and capital.2015T1Mohnish Pabrai
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Volume 2Books Four and Five: the case against mercantilism, and the role of the state.2015T1Mohnish Pabrai
The Money GameMarkets as a game of crowd psychology, seen through 1960s go-go Wall Street.1968T1Barton Biggs, Howard Marks, Mohnish Pabrai and 5 others
SupermoneyWall Street from the late-1960s boom to the 1970 to 1973 collapse.1972T1Mohnish Pabrai, Warren Buffett
Paper MoneyThe 1970s disorder: the end of Bretton Woods, oil shocks and petrodollar loans.1981T1Mohnish Pabrai

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division-of-labourfree-tradeclassical-economicsmoral-philosophyprice-formation