Note 187 — Chapter II · : ADAM SMITH
R. (Robert) Richards translation
“That wealth consists in money, or in gold and silver, is a popular notion which naturally arises from the double function of money, as the instrument of commerce, and as the measure of value.” (Wealth of Nations, Book IV, chap. 1; Cannan, vol. i, p. 396.) The whole chapter is an attempt to get rid of this prejudice.