The Works of Adam Smith: The nature and causes of the wealth of nationsT. Cadell, 1811 |
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... tion of its inhabitants , and for procuring a revenue to them ; yet when it firft comes either from the ground , or from the hands of the pro- ductive labourers , it naturally divides itself into two parts . One of them , and frequently ...
... tion of its inhabitants , and for procuring a revenue to them ; yet when it firft comes either from the ground , or from the hands of the pro- ductive labourers , it naturally divides itself into two parts . One of them , and frequently ...
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... tion of the produce of the land , is deftined for replacing the capital of the rich and independent farmer ; the other for paying his profits , and the rent of the landlord . But anciently , during the prevalency of the feudal ...
... tion of the produce of the land , is deftined for replacing the capital of the rich and independent farmer ; the other for paying his profits , and the rent of the landlord . But anciently , during the prevalency of the feudal ...
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... tion , there must always be fome diminution in what would otherwife have been the productive funds of the fociety . It can feldom happen , indeed , that the cir- cumftances of a great nation can be much af- fected either by the ...
... tion , there must always be fome diminution in what would otherwife have been the productive funds of the fociety . It can feldom happen , indeed , that the cir- cumftances of a great nation can be much af- fected either by the ...
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... tion . It is the means the moft vulgar and the moft obvious ; and the most likely way of aug- menting their fortune , is to fave and accumulate fome part of what they acquire , either regularly and annually , or upon fome extraordinary ...
... tion . It is the means the moft vulgar and the moft obvious ; and the most likely way of aug- menting their fortune , is to fave and accumulate fome part of what they acquire , either regularly and annually , or upon fome extraordinary ...
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... tion , the principle from which public and na- tional , as well as private opulence is originally derived , is frequently powerful enough to main- tain the natural progress of things toward im- provement , in fpite both of the ...
... tion , the principle from which public and na- tional , as well as private opulence is originally derived , is frequently powerful enough to main- tain the natural progress of things toward im- provement , in fpite both of the ...
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Página 181 - ... every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it.
Página 181 - By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain; and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
Página 16 - It tends therefore to increase the exchangeable value of the annual produce of the land and labour of the country. It puts into motion an additional quantity of industry, which gives an additional value to the annual produce.
Página 2 - That subject, or, what is the same thing, the price of that subject, can afterwards, if necessary, put into motion a quantity of labour equal to that which had originally produced it. The labour of the menial servant, on the contrary, does not fix or realize itself in any particular subject or vendible commodity. His services generally perish in the very instant of their performance, and seldom leave any trace or value behind them for which an equal quantity of service could afterwards be procured.
Página 182 - It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.
Página 186 - Whether the advantages which one country has over another be natural or acquired, is in this respect of no consequence. As long as the one country has those advantages, and the other wants them, it will always be more advantageous for the latter rather to buy of the former than to make.
Página 484 - It is a very singular government in which every member of the administration wishes to get out of the country, and consequently to have done with the government, as soon as he can, and to whose interest, the day after he has left it and carried his whole fortune with him,* it is perfectly indifferent though the whole country was swallowed up by an earthquake.
Página 244 - Commerce, which ought naturally to be, among nations as among individuals, a bond of union and friendship, has become the most fertile source of discord and animosity.
Página 22 - The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition, the principle from which public and national, as well as private opulence is originally derived...
Página 80 - According to the natural course of things, therefore, the greater part of the capital of every growing society is, first, directed to agriculture, afterwards to manufactures,. and last of all to foreign commerce.