An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1G. Walker, 1822 - 47 páginas |
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... rich country is not always much more productive than that of the poor ; or , at least , it is never so much more productive as it commonly is in manufactures . The corn of the rich country , therefore , will not always , in the same ...
... rich country is not always much more productive than that of the poor ; or , at least , it is never so much more productive as it commonly is in manufactures . The corn of the rich country , therefore , will not always , in the same ...
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... rich in the cheapness and goodness of its corn , it can pretend to no such competition in its manufactures ; at least if those manufactures suit the soil , climate , and situation of the rich country . The silks of France are better and ...
... rich in the cheapness and goodness of its corn , it can pretend to no such competition in its manufactures ; at least if those manufactures suit the soil , climate , and situation of the rich country . The silks of France are better and ...
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... rich and commercial nations . " Those metals seem originally to have been made use of for this purpose in rude bars with- out any stamp or coinage . Thus we are told by Pliny , upon the authority of Timæus , an ancient historian , that ...
... rich and commercial nations . " Those metals seem originally to have been made use of for this purpose in rude bars with- out any stamp or coinage . Thus we are told by Pliny , upon the authority of Timæus , an ancient historian , that ...
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... rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the neces- saries , conveniencies , and amusements of human life . But after the division of labour has once thoroughly taken place , it is but a very small part of ...
... rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the neces- saries , conveniencies , and amusements of human life . But after the division of labour has once thoroughly taken place , it is but a very small part of ...
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Adam Smith. he must be rich or poor according to the quantity of that labour which he can command , or which he can afford to purchase . The value of any commodity , therefore , to the person who possesses it , and who means not to use ...
Adam Smith. he must be rich or poor according to the quantity of that labour which he can command , or which he can afford to purchase . The value of any commodity , therefore , to the person who possesses it , and who means not to use ...
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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 |
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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...