Адам Смит совершил переворот, доказав, что истинным богатством нации является не накопленное золото или серебро (как считали меркантилисты), а . 1. Разделение труда (Division of Labour)

: A major goal of the book was to refute mercantilist policies, which promoted government regulation of trade to accumulate gold and silver. Smith showed that free trade leads to greater prosperity for all nations.

The book has been translated into many languages, including the languages of the former Yugoslavia. The first Croatian translation was published in 1952. The most widely available translation is by (1915–1993), whose version has been reprinted several times. One edition was published in 2007 by Poslovni dnevnik in Zagreb.

— приносит заработную плату наемным рабочим.

Smith distinguished between “value in use” (utility, e.g., water) and “value in exchange” (price, e.g., diamonds). This became known as the diamond-water paradox. He also explored labor as a measure of value, suggesting that the real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.