An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

advantage afford altogether amount ancient annual produce balance of trade bank bounty Britain bullion capital carried cent circulating capital circulation coin colonies commerce commodities commonly consequence considerable consumed consumption corn cultivation dealers debt demand division of labour duties East Indies effect employed employment endeavour England equal established Europe exchange expense exportation farmer foreign trade France frequently gold and silver importation improvement increase industry inhabitants interest joint stock company land and labour landlord less maintain manner manufactures ment merchants metals money price monopoly nations natural natural price necessarily necessary obliged occasion ordinary paid particular perhaps Portugal pound weight present principal profits of stock proportion purchase quantity of labour raise rate of profit regulations render rent revenue rude produce Scotland seems seignorage shillings society sometimes sort sovereign Spain subsistence supposed tion wages of labour wealth Wealth of Nations whole workmen