Adam Smith · Economics

Labour and the Wealth of Nations

Smith’s revolution in what wealth <em>is</em>: not a nation’s hoard of gold but the productive labour of its people - and the labour theory of value that idea launched.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Smith located the wealth of a nation in its productive labour and groped toward a labour theory of value. Explain that shift, and the puzzle of value it opened, in your own words.

Leads to David Ricardo.

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