An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. With a comm. by the author of 'England and America' (E.G. Wakefield).1836 |
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... direct evidence of it . ever this may have been , the principal attributes of villanage and slavery being thus taken away from them , they now , at least , became really free in our present sense of the word freedom . Nor was this all ...
... direct evidence of it . ever this may have been , the principal attributes of villanage and slavery being thus taken away from them , they now , at least , became really free in our present sense of the word freedom . Nor was this all ...
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... direct road to all the fortune and illustration which can be acquired in that country . Such land , in- deed , is in North America to be had almost for nothing , or at a price much below the value of the natural produce ; a thing ...
... direct road to all the fortune and illustration which can be acquired in that country . Such land , in- deed , is in North America to be had almost for nothing , or at a price much below the value of the natural produce ; a thing ...
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... it might be . The law of England , however , favours agriculture not only indirectly by the protection of commerce , but by several direct " 1 encouragementsio Except in times of scarcity , the 64 [ BOOK III . COUNTRY IMPROVED BY.
... it might be . The law of England , however , favours agriculture not only indirectly by the protection of commerce , but by several direct " 1 encouragementsio Except in times of scarcity , the 64 [ BOOK III . COUNTRY IMPROVED BY.
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... direct encouragement to agri- culture besides what arises indirectly from the progress of commerce , and had left the yeomanry in the same condition as in most other countries of Europe ? It is now more than two hundred years since the ...
... direct encouragement to agri- culture besides what arises indirectly from the progress of commerce , and had left the yeomanry in the same condition as in most other countries of Europe ? It is now more than two hundred years since the ...
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... direct encourage- ment to agriculture . The foreign commerce of Spain and Portugal to : the other parts of Europe , though chiefly carried on in foreign ships , is very considerable . That to their colonies is carried on in their own ...
... direct encourage- ment to agriculture . The foreign commerce of Spain and Portugal to : the other parts of Europe , though chiefly carried on in foreign ships , is very considerable . That to their colonies is carried on in their own ...
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Стр. 422 - 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.
Стр. 104 - ... would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.
Стр. 348 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Стр. 90 - By means of it, the narrowness of the home market does not hinder the division of labour in any particular branch of art or manufacture from being carried to the highest perfection. By opening a more extensive market for whatever part of the produce of their labour may exceed the home consumption, it encourages them to improve its productive powers, and to augment its annual produce to the utmost, and thereby to increase the real revenue and wealth of society
Стр. 104 - The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself...
Стр. 100 - 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 society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally or, rather, necessarily leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to the society.
Стр. 92 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Стр. 114 - The first is, when some particular sort of industry is necessary for the defence of the country.
Стр. 125 - Were those high duties and prohibitions taken away all at once, cheaper foreign goods of the same kind might be poured so fast into the home market, as to deprive all at once many thousands of our people of their ordinary employment and means of subsistence.
Стр. 117 - 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.