Download or read book The Wealth of Nations written by Adam Smith and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition." The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith (1723 - 1790) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9, 1776 during the Scottish Enlightenment. It is a clearly written account of political economy at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and is widely considered to be the first modern work in the field of economics.