into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish...
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IQ and the Wealth of Nations is a 2002 book by psychologist Richard Lynn and political scientist Tatu Vanhanen. The authors argue that differences in national...
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part of the wealthy.[need quotation to verify] Adam Smith, in his seminal work The Wealth of Nations, described wealth as "the annual produce of the land...
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The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which...
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rarely used in the measurement of wealth inequality, also includes human capital. For example, the United Nations definition of inclusive wealth is a monetary...
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higher relative wealth, if calculated per capita and not per adult. In nations where wealth is highly concentrated in a small percentage of people (a higher...
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assertion. The term "sovereign wealth fund" was first used in 2005 by Andrew Rozanov in an article entitled, "Who holds the wealth of nations?" in the Central...
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Adam Smith (redirect from Religious views of Adam Smith)
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter, often abbreviated as The...
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor is a 1998 book by historian and economist David Landes (1924–2013). He attempted...
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The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens is a 2013 book by French economist Gabriel Zucman, which popularized the concept of both the tax...
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Invisible hand (redirect from The invisible hand of the market)
country. In The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and in The Wealth of Nations (1776) Adam Smith speaks of an invisible hand, never of the invisible hand. Going...
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and the Wealth of Nations as "an edifice built on layer upon layer of arbitrary assumptions and selective data manipulation. The data on which the entire...
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Classical liberalism (redirect from History of Libetarianism)
on classical economics, especially the economic ideas espoused by Adam Smith in Book One of The Wealth of Nations, and on a belief in natural law. In...
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Class conflict (redirect from Wealth envy)
maxim of the masters of mankind. In the third book of The Wealth of Nations, Smith explains that in the medieval period, after the fall of the Roman Empire...
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The inequality of wealth (i.e. inequality in the distribution of assets) has substantially increased in the United States in recent decades. Wealth commonly...
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worthless in the future. The most significant component by far among most developed nations is commonly reported as household net wealth or worth, and...
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1767 to 1776. That house, on the High Street, is where he wrote The Wealth of Nations. The house was torn down in 1834. The successor building, at Nos 218–222...
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Inheritance (redirect from Inherited wealth)
perpetuating a cycle of privilege.[citation needed] Nations with the highest income and wealth inequalities often have the highest rates of homicide and disease...
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Mercantilism (section End of mercantilism)
Treatise on the Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Mercantilism in its simplest form is bullionism, yet mercantilist writers emphasize the circulation of money...
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wealth per adult. Taken from UBS' Global Wealth Databook. The net average wealth is calculated by subtracting the debt from the mean financial wealth...
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(2008). On the Wealth of Nations. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781843543893. "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith"...
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Laissez-faire (redirect from Economic theory of natural liberty)
laissez-faire capitalism emerged in the mid-18th century and was further popularized by Adam Smith's book The Wealth of Nations. The term laissez-faire likely originated...
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Greed (section Nature of greed)
Causes of the Wealth of Nations", The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, Vol. 2: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth...
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This is a list of countries by distribution of wealth, including Gini coefficients. Wealth distribution can vary greatly from income distribution in a...
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Redistribution of income and wealth is the transfer of income and wealth (including physical property) from some individuals to others through a social...
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The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not...
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Tax (redirect from Economic effects of taxation)
transfers wealth from households or businesses to the government of a nation. Adam Smith writes in The Wealth of Nations that "…the economic incomes of private...
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Physiocracy (category Schools of economic thought)
Enlightenment French economists who believed that the wealth of nations derived solely from the value of "land agriculture" or "land development" and that...
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Jane Jacobs (category Members of the Order of Ontario)
one can see from The Economy of Cities or from Cities and the Wealth of Nations, Jacobs defined the city purely along the lines of geographically dense...
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Economics (redirect from Fundamentals of economics)
inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations", in particular as: a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator [with the twofold objectives...
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