This work equates self-interest with the collective interest in its image of the "invisible hand."
Book III of this work discusses how the law of primogeniture slowed the agricultural progress of Dark Ages Europe, a time period in which city and rural folk were similarly privileged. The author of this work was a student of Francis Hutcheson who was inspired by Bernard de Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees. It uses the example of a pin factory to illustrate its concept of the division of labor. This work equates self-interest with the collective interest in its image of the "invisible hand." For 10 points, name this work that supports laissez-faire economics, by Adam Smith.
Book III of this work discusses how the law of primogeniture slowed the agricultural progress of Dark Ages Europe, a time period in which city and rural folk were similarly privileged.
The {Wealth of Nations} [or An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations]