An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. A careful repr. of ed., 3 vols1875 |
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Página 66
... ordinary occasions , have the advantage in the dispute , and force the other into a compliance with their terms . The masters , being fewer in number , can combine much more easily ; and the law , besides , authorises or at least does ...
... ordinary occasions , have the advantage in the dispute , and force the other into a compliance with their terms . The masters , being fewer in number , can combine much more easily ; and the law , besides , authorises or at least does ...
Página 79
... ordinary . A plentiful subsist- ence therefore , it has been concluded , relaxes , and a scanty one quickens their industry . That a little more plenty than ordinary may render some workmen idle , cannot well be doubted ; but that it ...
... ordinary . A plentiful subsist- ence therefore , it has been concluded , relaxes , and a scanty one quickens their industry . That a little more plenty than ordinary may render some workmen idle , cannot well be doubted ; but that it ...
Página 81
... ordinary advances . The Yorkshire manufacture , indeed , declined , and its produce did not rise to what it had been in 1755 till 1766 , after the repeal of the American stamp act . In that and the following year it greatly exceeded ...
... ordinary advances . The Yorkshire manufacture , indeed , declined , and its produce did not rise to what it had been in 1755 till 1766 , after the repeal of the American stamp act . In that and the following year it greatly exceeded ...
Página 88
... ordinary profit as low as possible . But perhaps no country has ever yet arrived at this degree of opu- lence . China seems to have been long stationary , and had probably long ago acquired that full complement of riches which is ...
... ordinary profit as low as possible . But perhaps no country has ever yet arrived at this degree of opu- lence . China seems to have been long stationary , and had probably long ago acquired that full complement of riches which is ...
Página 89
... ordinary rate of profit must always be something more than what is sufficient to compensate the occasional losses to which every employment of stock is exposed . It is this surplus only which is nett or clear profit . What is called ...
... ordinary rate of profit must always be something more than what is sufficient to compensate the occasional losses to which every employment of stock is exposed . It is this surplus only which is nett or clear profit . What is called ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 525 - Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
Página 29 - Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer; and it is in this manner that we obtain from one another the far greater part of those good offices which we stand in need of. It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity, but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their...
Página 112 - The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.
Página 118 - People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. It is impossible indeed to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. But though the law cannot hinder people of the same trade from sometimes assembling together, it ought to do nothing to facilitate such assemblies; much less to render them necessary.
Página 356 - 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, v Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it.
Página 276 - With regard to profusion, the principle which prompts to expense is the passion for present enjoyment; which, though sometimes violent and very difficult to be restrained, is in general only momentary and occasional. But the principle which prompts to save is the desire of bettering our condition, a desire which, though generally calm and dispassionate, comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave.
Página 268 - Like the declamation of the actor, the harangue of the orator, or the tune of the musician, the work of all of them perishes in the very instant of its production.
Página 293 - The capital employed in agriculture, therefore, not only puts into motion a greater quantity of productive labour than any equal capital employed in manufactures, but in proportion too to the quantity of productive labour which it employs, it adds a much greater value to the annual produce of the land and labour of the country, to the real wealth and revenue of its inhabitants. Of all the ways in which a capital can be employed, it is by far the most advantageous to the society.
Página 363 - By diminishing the number of sellers, therefore, we necessarily diminish that of buyers, and are thus likely not only to buy foreign goods dearer, but to sell our own cheaper, than if there was a more perfect freedom of trade. As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of'navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.
Página 40 - The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What everything is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it or exchange it for something else, is the toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and which it can impose upon other 160 Rconomic Studies.