Book V, Chapter I
Systematic treatment of defense, justice, public works (roads, bridges, harbors), and public education.
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Smith assigns the sovereign three duties: national defense, administration of justice, and the erection of public works and institutions that would not be profitable for private actors.
Book V, Chapter I, Part III, Article II
Argues for publicly-subsidized basic education to counter the dulling effects of the division of labour.
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