 | Peter Minowitz - 1993 - 376 páginas
...in the human psyche. Early in The Wealth of Nations, Smith stresses that an African king, although "the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages," is likely to be far poorer than a European peasant (Ii 1 1 ). But the longing for mastery periodically... | |
 | David McNally - 1993 - 276 páginas
...prince and those of 'an industrious and frugal peasant' is not so great as that between the latter and 'many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties' of thousands.32 While this is the greatest advantage of commercial society over other forms, it is clear... | |
 | Christopher J. Berry - 1994 - 294 páginas
...has more luxury in his way of living than an Indian sovereign' (LJ: p. 4129) and his accommodation 'exceeds that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of 1o,ooo naked savages' (M^V: p. 24). Here Smith is unequivocally contrasting poverty and luxury. The... | |
 | Tara Smith - 1995 - 244 páginas
...accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant as the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many...lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages." Wealth of Nations Book I, ch. viii, quoted in Istvan Hont and Michael Ignatieff, "Needs and Justice... | |
 | Jerry Z. Muller - 1995 - 292 páginas
...of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many...lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages. The solution to the riddle, Smith suggests, lies in the fact that even the common laborer in a wealthy... | |
 | James Maitland Earl of Lauderdale - 1996 - 184 páginas
...of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many...lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages. Childs Discourse on Trade 4'h Ed P. 10 CHAPTER II p. 16 (Gl. edn, p. 25) lt is the necessary, though... | |
 | Louis Putterman, Randy Kroszner - 1996 - 404 páginas
...much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds 40 that of many an African king, the absolute master...lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages. That the division of labour is limited by the extent of the market (From book I, chapter 3) As it is... | |
 | Robert L. Heilbroner - 1996 - 376 páginas
...of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant , is the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many...lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages. We pass now from economics to psychology, from a consideration of the effects of the division of labor... | |
 | Patrick Murray - 1997 - 510 páginas
...of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many...king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties often thousand naked savages. CHAPTER II OF THE PRINCIPLE WHICH GIVES OCCASION TO THE DIVISION OF LABOUR... | |
 | Robert C. Solomon - 1997 - 368 páginas
...accommodation of a European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many...king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties often thousand naked savages. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations one, the "invisible hand" that coordinates... | |
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Compared, indeed, with the more extravagant luxury of the great, his accommodation must no doubt appear extremely simple and easy; and yet it may be true, perhaps, that the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an... 
