it is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never 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 kingdom; The North American Review - Seite 1281835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charles Ganilh - 1812 - 520 Seiten
...purchasing abroad. " It is," he says, " 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 attempt to make his own. shoes, but buys them of the shoe-maker. The shoe-maker... | |
| 1812 - 500 Seiten
...purchasing abroad." " It is," he says, " 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 attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoe-maker. The shoe-maker... | |
| George Brodie - 1822 - 570 Seiten
...foreign, industry, the regulation is evidently useless. If it cannot, it must generally be hurtful. It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at ho»e what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The tailor does not attempt... | |
| Nassau William Senior - 1828 - 112 Seiten
...kind belongs to every protecting duty and prohibition. He observes, in the words of Adam Smith,* that it is the maxim of every prudent master of a family,...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... | |
| Nassau William Senior - 1828 - 246 Seiten
...kind belongs to every protecting duty and prohibition. He observes, in the words of Adam Smith,* that it is the maxim of every prudent master of a family,...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... | |
| Charles Putt - 1830 - 486 Seiten
...consumption. " It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family," saith A. Smith, " never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The tailor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does... | |
| Charles Putt - 1830 - 496 Seiten
...consumption. " It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family," saith A. Smith, " never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The tailor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does... | |
| 1830 - 530 Seiten
...may safely leave individuals to follow the dictates of their own good sense, sharpened by interest. " It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home * We mu»! except the coarser cottons, in whirl) Ihc price of the raw material... | |
| 1835 - 520 Seiten
...argument opposed to an opinion of Adam Smith's, which is thus expressed in the Wealth of Nations. " 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 attempt... | |
| Adam Smith - 1836 - 538 Seiten
...foreign industry, the regulation is evidently useless. If it cannot, it must generally be hurtful. It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home 1,3 114 RESTRAINTS UPON [BOOK IV. what it will cost him more to make than to... | |
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