An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. A careful repr. of ed., 3 vols1875 |
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... render it interesting to the moralist , and can dignify calculations of profit and loss in the eye of the philosopher . Mr. Smith has alluded to it in various passages of his work , but he has nowhere explained himself fully on the ...
... render it interesting to the moralist , and can dignify calculations of profit and loss in the eye of the philosopher . Mr. Smith has alluded to it in various passages of his work , but he has nowhere explained himself fully on the ...
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... render some workmen idle , cannot well be doubted ; but that it should have this effect upon the greater part , or that men in general should work better when they are ill fed than when they are well fed , when they are disheartened ...
... render some workmen idle , cannot well be doubted ; but that it should have this effect upon the greater part , or that men in general should work better when they are ill fed than when they are well fed , when they are disheartened ...
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... render it impossible for any but the very wealthiest people to live upon the interest of their money . All people of small or middling fortunes would be obliged to superintend themselves the employment of their own stocks . It would be ...
... render it impossible for any but the very wealthiest people to live upon the interest of their money . All people of small or middling fortunes would be obliged to superintend themselves the employment of their own stocks . It would be ...
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... render it dear in all great capitals , the dearness of labour , the dearness of all the materials of building , which must generally be brought from a great distance , and above all the dearness of ground rent , every landlord acting ...
... render it dear in all great capitals , the dearness of labour , the dearness of all the materials of building , which must generally be brought from a great distance , and above all the dearness of ground rent , every landlord acting ...
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... render such assemblies necessary . An incorporation not only renders them necessary , but makes the act of the majority binding upon the whole . In a free trade an effectual combination cannot be established but by the unanimous consent ...
... render such assemblies necessary . An incorporation not only renders them necessary , but makes the act of the majority binding upon the whole . In a free trade an effectual combination cannot be established but by the unanimous consent ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
act of parliament advantage afford altogether ancient annual produce augmented balance of trade bank bank of England bounty Britain bullion carried cattle cent circulating capital coin colonies commerce commodities commonly consequence consumed corn dealers demand diminish division of labour duties employed employment endeavour England equal established Europe exchange expense exportation farmer foreign trade France frequently gold and silver greater quantity importation increase industry inhabitants interest joint stock company land and labour landlord less maintain manner manufactures merchants metals money price monopoly nations natural price naturally necessarily necessary obliged occasion ordinary paid particular perhaps pound weight present productive labour profits of stock prohibition proportion proprietors purchase quantity of labour raise regulations rent revenue rude produce Scotland seems seignorage seldom shillings society sometimes sort sovereign subsistence sufficient supposed thousand pounds tion town value of silver villenage wages of labour wealth whole workmen
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 525 - 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.
Seite 29 - Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer; and it is in this manner that we obtain from one another the far greater part of those good offices which we stand in need of. It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity, but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their...
Seite 112 - The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.
Seite 118 - People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. It is impossible indeed to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. But though the law cannot hinder people of the same trade from sometimes assembling together, it ought to do nothing to facilitate such assemblies; much less to render them necessary.
Seite 356 - By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention, v Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it.
Seite 276 - With regard to profusion, the principle which prompts to expense is the passion for present enjoyment; which, though sometimes violent and very difficult to be restrained, is in general only momentary and occasional. But the principle which prompts to save is the desire of bettering our condition, a desire which, though generally calm and dispassionate, comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave.
Seite 268 - Like the declamation of the actor, the harangue of the orator, or the tune of the musician, the work of all of them perishes in the very instant of its production.
Seite 293 - The capital employed in agriculture, therefore, not only puts into motion a greater quantity of productive labour than any equal capital employed in manufactures, but in proportion too to the quantity of productive labour which it employs, it adds a much greater value to the annual produce of the land and labour of the country, to the real wealth and revenue of its inhabitants. Of all the ways in which a capital can be employed, it is by far the most advantageous to the society.
Seite 363 - By diminishing the number of sellers, therefore, we necessarily diminish that of buyers, and are thus likely not only to buy foreign goods dearer, but to sell our own cheaper, than if there was a more perfect freedom of trade. 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.
Seite 40 - The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What everything is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it or exchange it for something else, is the toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and which it can impose upon other 160 Rconomic Studies.