 | Friedrich List - 1927 - 676 páginas
...himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever cap1tal he can command. It is bis own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But th« study of bis own advantage naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him to prefer that employment... | |
 | Horace Taylor - 1928 - 314 páginas
...conclusions reached that any disagreement exists. Apropos of the business man, Adam Smith asserts that "the study of his own advantage naturally, or rather...employment which is most advantageous to the society." Having thus appraised in terms of social welfare the consequences of the business man's selection of... | |
 | Adalbert von Unruh - 1928 - 124 páginas
...individual is continua% exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever eapital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that w the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage, natural^ or rather necessarily,... | |
 | Jerry Z. Muller - 1995 - 292 páginas
...large: Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own...necessarily leads him to prefer that employment which is the most advantageous to the society. 5 Smith notes that most people prefer to invest in domestic industries... | |
 | Andrew M. Colman - 1995 - 404 páginas
...own necessities but of their advantages (p. 16). ... It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view. But the study of his...employment which is most advantageous to the society (p. 419). ... He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much... | |
 | Max L. Stackhouse, Dennis P. McCann, Preston N. Williams, Shirley J. Roels - 1995 - 1002 páginas
...wrote: Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment of whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally, or rather necessarily,... | |
 | Douglas A. Irwin - 1998 - 290 páginas
...(IV.ii.8). "Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own...employment which is most advantageous to the society" (IV.ii.4). This led to Smith's classic statement: As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much... | |
 | George T. Crane, Abla Amawi - 1997 - 354 páginas
...likely to be more advantageous to the society than that into which it would have gone of its own accord. study of his own advantage naturally, or rather necessarily...the society. First, every individual endeavours to employ his capital as near home as he can, and consequently as much as he can in the support of domestic... | |
 | Roger Lloyd-Jones, Myrddin John Lewis - 1997 - 298 páginas
...behaviour: Everv' individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage, naturally, or rather necessarily,... | |
 | Yuval P. Yonay - 1998 - 305 páginas
...Theory Ever)- individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own...employment which is most advantageous to the society. (Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations) The business man's place... | |
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Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally,... 
