An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1G. Walker, 1822 - 47 páginas |
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... appear , is every where in proportion to the quantity of capital stock which is employed in setting them to work , and to the particular way in which it is so em- ployed . The Second Book , therefore , treats of the nature of capital ...
... appear , is every where in proportion to the quantity of capital stock which is employed in setting them to work , and to the particular way in which it is so em- ployed . The Second Book , therefore , treats of the nature of capital ...
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... appear , is the produce of the joint labour of a great multitude of workmen . The shepherd , the sorter of the wool , the wool- comber or carder , the dyer , the scribbler , the spinner , the weaver , the fuller , the dresser , with ...
... appear , is the produce of the joint labour of a great multitude of workmen . The shepherd , the sorter of the wool , the wool- comber or carder , the dyer , the scribbler , the spinner , the weaver , the fuller , the dresser , with ...
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... appear extremely simple and easy ; and yet it may be true , perhaps , that the accommo- dation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant , as the accommodation of the latter ex- ceeds ...
... appear extremely simple and easy ; and yet it may be true , perhaps , that the accommo- dation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant , as the accommodation of the latter ex- ceeds ...
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... appears to distinguish men of different professions , when grown up to maturity , is not upon many occa- sions so much the cause , as the effect of the division of labour . The difference between the most dissimilar characters , between ...
... appears to distinguish men of different professions , when grown up to maturity , is not upon many occa- sions so much the cause , as the effect of the division of labour . The difference between the most dissimilar characters , between ...
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... appears to take place among men . By nature a philosopher is not in ge- nius and disposition half so different from a street porter , as a mastiff is from a greyhound , or a grey- hound from a spaniel , or this last from a shep- herd's ...
... appears to take place among men . By nature a philosopher is not in ge- nius and disposition half so different from a street porter , as a mastiff is from a greyhound , or a grey- hound from a spaniel , or this last from a shep- herd's ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Parte1 Adam Smith Vista completa - 1901 |
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1 Adam Smith Vista completa - 1910 |
An Inqury Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1 Adam Smith Vista completa - 1801 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 200 - 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.
Página 188 - 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.
Página 21 - 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 advantages.
Página 7 - But in the way in which this business in now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head...
Página 19 - ... without the assistance and co-operation of many thousands, the very meanest person in a civilized country could not be provided, even according to what we very falsely imagine, the easy and simple manner in which he is commonly accommodated.
Página 74 - As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
Página 183 - The whole of the advantages and disadvantages of the different employments of labour and stock must, in the same neighbourhood, be either perfectly equal or continually tending to equality.
Página 72 - In this state of things, the whole produce of labour belongs to the labourer; and the quantity of labour commonly employed in acquiring or producing any commodity is the only circumstance which can regulate the quantity of labour which it ought commonly to purchase, command, or exchange for. As soon as stock has accumulated in the hands of particular persons, some of them will naturally employ it in setting to work industrious people, whom they will supply with materials and subsistence, in order...
Página 484 - The gold and silver money which circulates in any country may very properly be compared to a highway, which, while it circulates and carries to market all the grass and corn of the country, produces itself not a single pile of either.
Página 423 - ... into three parts; the rent of land, the wages of labour, and the profits of stock: and constitutes a revenue to three different orders of people; to those who live by rent...