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Adam Smith agricultural amount bank money become bi-metallic bushels called cause cent circulation coin coinage commodity competition condition consume consumption cost cultivation degree distribution division of labor duction economic economist effects employers England English entrepreneur excess exchange existing expenditure fact force function gold grain greater human increase individual labor and capital labor power laboring class land landlord law of rent less limits loss manufactures medium of exchange ment metal natural operation owner paid paper money perfect competition perhaps persons political economy population portion principle product of industry production of wealth Prof profits progressive taxation question rate of interest reason remuneration rent result revenue secure seigniorage sell silver society soil subsistence sumer supply suppose taxation things tion tract trade value of money wages wants wheat wholly writers