An Inquiry Into the Various Systems of Political Economy: Their Advantages and Disadvantages; and the Theory Most Favourable to the Increase of National Wealth |
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The extent both of public and private wealth depends on the accumulation of this
surplus, and on the manner in which it is managed and applied.* The passion for
wealth is general, universal, and, as it were, inhererent in mankind. The history ...
The extent both of public and private wealth depends on the accumulation of this
surplus, and on the manner in which it is managed and applied.* The passion for
wealth is general, universal, and, as it were, inhererent in mankind. The history ...
Side 235
The extent of the home-market, for corn,” says Adam Smith, “ must be in
proportion to the general industry of the country where it grows.” “ If this maxim be
correct; how can the employment of capital in agriculture be the most profitable,
the best ...
The extent of the home-market, for corn,” says Adam Smith, “ must be in
proportion to the general industry of the country where it grows.” “ If this maxim be
correct; how can the employment of capital in agriculture be the most profitable,
the best ...
Side 251
“As it is the power of exchanging,” says Adam Smith, “ that gives occasion to the
division of labour, so the extent of this division must always be limited by the
extent of that power, or, in other words, by the extent of the market.” + There is ...
“As it is the power of exchanging,” says Adam Smith, “ that gives occasion to the
division of labour, so the extent of this division must always be limited by the
extent of that power, or, in other words, by the extent of the market.” + There is ...
Side 411
The characteristic of wealth is to spread, to multiply in its progress, and to swell in
proportion to the extent of the ground it has gone over. All doctrines that preach
local labour, local industry, and local commerce, stop tile circulation of wealth, ...
The characteristic of wealth is to spread, to multiply in its progress, and to swell in
proportion to the extent of the ground it has gone over. All doctrines that preach
local labour, local industry, and local commerce, stop tile circulation of wealth, ...
Side 432
... as every thing which partakes of the abundance of water or air must at once
cease to possess value; it follows that, by occasioning such an abundance, the
sum total of individual riches would most certainly be diminished to an extent
equal ...
... as every thing which partakes of the abundance of water or air must at once
cease to possess value; it follows that, by occasioning such an abundance, the
sum total of individual riches would most certainly be diminished to an extent
equal ...
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