Adam Smith Wealth Of Nations

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The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, is an in-depth, and multifaceted analysis of the mercantile system that acted as the foundation to the economy of Great Britain. Smith goes on to contextualize the mercantile system by introducing the basic premises of economics, blended in with themes of philosophy, politics, and further historical accuracies. I argue that with the blend of many premises, Smith came to a staggering contradiction because of the prevalent humanizing nature he saw in a mechanized system, due to his accurately systemic yet individualistic criticisms as a whole. The contrasting arguments that Adam Smith suggests in regards to the correlation of commercial society and human nature do not appear to be consistent, essentially…show more content…
Smith illustrates to the reader, first off, “the greatest improvement in the productive powers of labor, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is any where directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labor” (Krueger 2003, p. 9). Smith justifiably narrates the values of a commercial society that stem from the implications of the division of labor. A commercial society that has an increase in productivity will eventually be encompassed with the passion to exchange. Smith states, “the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another” lays as the foundation to the division of labor (Krueger 2003, p. 44). I believe Smith wanted to humanize…show more content…
Smith emphasizes that the progression for a district to become a commercial society and further is “natural”, and solely relies on our “propensities” (Krueger 2003, p.44). The natural order that Smith presents is then contradicted with Smith’s further claim in which if no lawmaker is present, and the context is overwhelmed by malevolent statesmen, the legitimate posting of a commercial society will not commence (Krueger 2003, p.776). In such place, he humanizes the industrialized context of the system to equate that workers become “dull” because of elements such as overworking, and lower pays begin to aid in the decline of progression (Krueger 2003, p. 157). Debt and taxation are also a long-lasting element of the mechanical pressures that crush morale in a systematic sense, as Smith says is a “pernicious” sentiment, which all fall under government jurisdiction (Krueger 2003, p.188). Essentially, Smith looks to combine a minimal element of politics and a maximization of economics and social
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