The Wealth of NationsRandom House Publishing Group, 2000 M11 14 - 1184 páginas Adam Smith’s masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society; and Robert Reich’s Introduction both clarifies Smith’s analyses and illuminates his overall relevance to the world in which we live. As Reich writes, “Smith’s mind ranged over issues as fresh and topical today as they were in the late eighteenth century—jobs, wages, politics, government, trade, education, business, and ethics.” |
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... maintain the labour and pay the profits , and therefore yields rent . But land , in almost any situation , produces a greater quantity of food than what is sufficient to maintain all the labour necessary for bringing it to market , in ...
... maintaining one set of unproductive labourers ; or he may pay some taxes , and thus help to maintain another set , more honourable and useful , indeed , but equally unproductive . No part of the annual produce , however , which had been ...
... maintain himself , he must necessarily be maintained by the public . But in a country of which a greater part of the inhabitants are artificers and manufacturers , a great part of the people who go to war must be drawn from those ...