The Wealth of Nations: Books 1-3 (Penguin Classics)

Classic must have for anyone. Economics simply is the study of resource allocation and if you ignore that you’ll suffer the consequences of ignorance. Keep this beside your religious book and your medical book and you will be very, very educated.

Received on time in excellent condition, like new; I would definitely purchase from this retailer again. Though this is a special "Fingerprint" edition as a collectors item it can also be used as your textbook. Subject of book is very pertinent today in understanding a modern economy even though this book was originally written by a "moral" philosopher in ~1775 complied from his lecture notes. Comes with an introductory note helping one to understand how Adam Smith contstruted his philosohy of economics.

Will look great on the shelf. Look forward to reading; could give some insight into our economy and economics today; though much has changed, basic principles remain.

Reading The Wealth of Nations is like opening a time capsule that explains not just how markets function, but why we think about economics the way we do today. Adam Smith’s insights into labor, value, trade, and the invisible hand are foundational, and it’s fascinating to see how many of his ideas are still relevant in modern economic discussions. The depth and precision of his arguments are impressive, especially considering when it was written. That said, this book isn’t a light read. It’s dense, long, and written in a formal 18th-century style that takes some patience to get through. But if you enjoy history, philosophy, or economics—or just want to challenge yourself—it’s absolutely worth the effort. This is more of a study piece than a casual read, but it’s one I’m glad I took the time to work through.

Excellent book. A classic with lessons about our economy.

Collectable item along side one of the most important text written

Adam Smith is still one of the most admired or vilified economic philosophers of our time. Liberals and conservatives should stop making blanket statements about him and this book because they are both wrong. This is a fascinating book even if its full application may be controversial in a modern economy. Still this book captures good economic ideas and bad economic ideas. It should be up to people to make their own informed judgement of this influential book, rather than ignorant politicians spouting nonsense about a book they have never read.

Smith will prove himself to be a sharp thinker someone who can’t be labeled or claimed by any political faction. He name-drops Hume(his close friend a lot). After reading the wealth of nations you will come to the conclusion that the invisible hand is only used twice and that it’s just fluff in this work and really isn’t the meat of his work even though it’s commonly cited by people who don’t know anything about his work both left and right. FIRST OF ALL YOU MUST READ HIS THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS BEFORE YOU READ THIS BOOK OR YOU WILL MISINTERPRET IT. If you leave thinking Smith is a greedy scum bag you’ve read it the wrong way.

This is an abbreviated version of the original. The book itself is well presented, but the details of the cover led me to believe (wrongly) that the pages were binded with the more expensive swen method, although in fact to be fair, nothing stated this. Good price for money I believe.

El envío sin problema, llegó a tiempo. El libro es una lectura de cajón para todos aquellos interesados en la economía. Las letras son cómodas para su lectura, no es muy pesado y es fácil de transportar.

Everything was great but the book cover was very dusty and that's a general observation in must of the items I get from amazon as it came well baked but the item itself covered with dust

the book's hard to read; i mean the english

The book is fascinating and hugely insightful. This edition is very well presented with relevant introductions and, unlike most "grown up" books, has a good size font which makes it pleasant on the eyes when reading. I highly recommend.