《国富论》是一本将经济学、哲学、历史、政治理论和实践计划以一种不可思议的方式综合在一起的书，是一本由有着高深学问和深邃见解的人所撰写的书。这个人就是亚当·斯密。亚当·斯密有强大的能力，能对他所收集到的所有材料进行筛选，又有强大的综合能力，能按照新的和引人注目的方式将其重新组合起来。他仿佛全身装着天线，能收到并吸取其所有能接触到的一切信息。他的书不只是为图书馆馆藏而写的，对经济意见和国家政策产生了深刻的影响，从而形成了我们今天深处其中的整个生活环境。

　　1776年，西方经济学之父亚当·斯密发表《国富论》，批驳了传统学说占主导地位的重商主义、重农主义，首次提出自由贸易、劳动价值观和劳动分工将极大地提高生产效率的观点，既在理论上为西方现代经济学奠定了基础，也为世界自由资本主义_的发展扫清了障碍。亚当·斯密的同道马尔萨斯依据这一学说探讨了人口过剩问题，大卫·李嘉图提出工资铁律，进一步将其理论整合为古典经济学，由此标志了经济学作为一门独立学科的诞生。著名翻译家严复将此书译作《原富》，在我国学术界及现代史上影响至深至巨。

《国富论》被誉为西方经济学的《圣经》、影响世界历史的十大著作之一和一百部影响人类文化的著作之一；1986年，法国《读书》杂志还将其推荐为“理想藏书”。

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 AM'ONG THE

 DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE

CHAPTER Ⅰ. OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR

CHAPTER Ⅱ. OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR

CHAPTER Ⅲ. THAT THE DIVISION OF LABOUR IS LIMITED BY THE EXTENT OF THE MARKET

CHAPTER Ⅳ. OF THE ORIGIN AND USE OF MONEY

CHAPTER Ⅴ. OF THE REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE OF COMMODITIES, OR OF THEIR PRICE IN LABOUR, AND THEIR PRICE IN MONEY

CHAPTER Ⅵ. OF THE COMPONENT PART OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES

CHAPTER Ⅶ. OF THE NATURAL AND MARKET PRICE OF COMMODITIES

CHAPTER Ⅷ. OF THE WAGES OF LABOUR

CHAPTER Ⅸ. OF THE PROFITS OF STOCK

CHAPTER Ⅹ. OF WAGES AND PROFIT IN THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF LABOUR AND STOCK

CHAPTER XL OF THE RENT OF IAND

BOOK Ⅱ. OF THE NATURE, ACCUMULATION, AND EMPLOYMENT OF STOCK

CHAPTER Ⅰ. OF THE DIVISION OF STOCK

CHAPTER Ⅱ. OF MONEY, CONSIDERED AS APARTICUIAR BRANCH OF THE GENERAL STOCK OF THE SOCIETY, OR OF THE EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

CHAPTER Ⅲ. OF THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL, OR OF PRODUCTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE ABOUR

CHAPTER Ⅳ. OF STOCK LENT AT INTEREST

CHAPTER Ⅴ. OF THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS OF CAPITALS

BOOK Ⅲ. OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRESS OF OPULENCE IN DIFFERENT NATIONS

CHAPTER Ⅰ. OF THE NATURAL PROGRESS OF OPULENCE

CHAPTER Ⅱ. OF THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN THE ANCIENT STATE OF EUROPE, AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

CHAPTER Ⅲ. OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CITIES AND TOWNS, AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

CHAPTER Ⅳ. HOW THE COMMERCE OF TOWNS CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COUNTRY

BOOK Ⅳ. OF SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

CHAPTER Ⅰ. OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE COMMERCIAL OR MERCANTILE SYSTEM

CHAPTER Ⅱ. OF RESTRAINTS UPON IMPORTATION FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF SUCH GOODS AS CAN BE PRODUCED AT HOME

CHAPTER Ⅲ. OF THE EXTRAORDINARY RESTRAINTS

 UPON THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS OF ALMOST

 ALL KINDS, FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WITH WHICH

 THE BALANCE IS SUPPOSED TO EDISADVANTAGEOUS

CHAPTER Ⅳ. OF DRAWBACKS

CHAPTER Ⅴ. OF BOUNTIES

CHAPTER Ⅵ. OF TREATIES OF COMMERCE

CHAPTER Ⅶ. OF COLONIES

CHAPTER Ⅷ. CONCLUSION OF THE MER CANTILE SYSTEM

CHAPTER Ⅸ. 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 Ⅴ. OF THE REVENUE OF THE SOVEREIGN OR COMMONWEALTH

CHAPTER Ⅰ. OF THE EXPENSES OF THE SOVEREIGN OR COMMONWEALTH

CHAPTER Ⅱ. OF THE SOURCES OF THE GENERAL OR PUBLIC REVENUE OF THE SOCIETY

CHAPTER Ⅲ. OF PUBLIC DEBTS