经济学的主要创立者亚当·斯密所著的这本经济学的百科全书《国富论》被誉为是西方经济学的“圣经”。书中总结了近代初期各国资本主义发展的经验，批判吸收了当时的重要经济理论，对整个国民经济的运动过程做了系统的描述，被誉为“第一部系统的伟大的经济学著作”。该书作者亚当 ·斯密因此获得了政治经济学古典学派“创立者”的称号。

BOOK ONE
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 TWO
Of the Nature, Accumulation,and Employment of Stock
BOOK THREE
Of the Different Progress of Opulence in Different Nations
BOOK FOUR
Of Systems of Political Economy
BOOK FIVE
Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth