Wealth of Nations Book Club

The Adam Smith Robotics Society explores classical economics to understand how robotics might create a better and more productive future for humanity.

In this book club, we will read Wealth of Nations over the course of a couple of months.

Our primary focus will be understanding Smith on his own terms. Our secondary focus will be exploring how Smith’s ideas inform our thinking about automation and robotics.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

This book club is a good fit for anyone who:
• wants to read Wealth of Nations
• is excited about technology and would enjoy discussions about robotics and automation

We will meet twice a month. Every week we’ll discuss two or three chapters from Wealth of Nations.

For our first session, we will focus discussion on the first two chapters of Book 1:

Chapter 1: Of the Division of Labour (~10 pages)

Chapter 2: Of the Principle which gives occasion to the Division of Labour (~6 pages)

Any full unabridged version of Wealth of Nations should do. Our discussion leader will use the following text: Wealth of Nations. You can also use Wealth of Nations Project Gutenberg for free online.