Book One: Of the causes of improvement in the productive power of labour, and of the order according to which its produce is naturally distributed among the different ranks of the people.
Of the division of labour
Of the principle which gives occasion to the division of labour
That the division of labour is limited by the extent of the market
Of the origin and use of money
Of the real and nominal price of commodities, or their price in labour and their price in money
Of the component parts of the price of commodities
Of the natural and market price of commodities
Of wages and profit in the different employments of labour and stock
Book Two: Of the nature, accumulation and employment of stock.
Of money considered as a particular branch of the general stock of the society or of the expense of maintaining the national capital
Of the accumulation of capital, or of productive and unproductive labour
Of stock lent at interest
Of the different employment of capitals
Book Three: Of the different progress of opulence in different nations.
Of the natural progress of opulence
Of the discouragement of agriculture in the ancient state of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire
Of the rise and progress of cities and towns after the fall of the Roman Empire
How the commerce of the towns contributed to the improvement of the country
Book Four: Of systems of political economy.
Of the principle of the commercial, or mercantile system
Of restraints upon the importation from foreign countries of such goods as can be produced at home
Of the extraordinary restraints upon the importation of goods of almost all kinds from those countries with which the balance is supposed to be disadvantageous
Conclusion of the mercantile system
Of the agricultural systems, or of those systems of political economy which represent the produce of land as either the sole or the principal source of the revenue and wealth of every country
Book Five: Of the revenue of the sovereign or commonwealth.
Of the expenses of the sovereign or commonwealth
Of the sources of the general or public revenue of the society
v. 1. Preface, 1976 / by George J. Stigler ; Introduction and plan of the work ; Book I: Of the causes of improvement in the productive powers of labour, and of the order according to which its produce is naturally distributed among the different ranks of the people ; Book II: Of the nature, accumulation, and employment of stock
Book III: Of the different progress of opulence in different nations
Book IV: Of systems of political economy
v. 2. Book IV: Of systems of political economy (Cont.) ; Book V: Of the revenue of the sovereign or commonwealth
Appendix on the Herring Bounty.
