| 1881 - 642 páginas
...transactions. He sayp, ' 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. The tailor does not make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does not make his own clothes, but... | |
| George Basil Dixwell - 1881 - 48 páginas
...Smith argues that " 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," and that " What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a... | |
| 1850 - 346 páginas
...but amplified, and we might almost say perverted, by Sir Robert Peel. ' The tailor,' says Smith, ' does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them...shoemaker does not attempt to make his own clothes, but buys them of the tailor.' This merely exemplifies the advantage of division of employments. Pursuing... | |
| H. W. Furber - 1884 - 540 páginas
...generally be hurtfuL 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....attempt to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom."... | |
| H. W. Furber - 1884 - 554 páginas
...generally be hurtfuL 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....attempt to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom."... | |
| Adam Smith - 1884 - 604 páginas
...generally be hurtful. 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....them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does not attempt lo make his own clothes, but employs a tailor. The farmer attempts to make neither the one nor the... | |
| Francis Wrigley Hirst - 1904 - 268 páginas
...family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The taylor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them...shoemaker. The shoemaker does not attempt to make hisown clothes, butemploys a taylor. The farmer attempts to make neither the one nor the other, but... | |
| Francis Wrigley Hirst - 1904 - 260 páginas
...division of labour. " It is the maxim of every prudent master of <i family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The taylor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does not... | |
| Algernon Methuen - 1905 - 136 páginas
...common sense : — " 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. . . . What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great... | |
| Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1915 - 502 páginas
...generally be hurtful. 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....to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor. The fanner attempts to make neither the one nor the other, but employs those different artificers. All... | |
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