Wealth of NationsCosimo, Inc., 2007 M11 1 - 596 páginas Adam Smith revolutionized economic theory with his 1776 work An Inquiry to the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. He proposed rules governing labor, supply, and demand; and describes division of labor, stockpiling of wealth, lending, and interest. Smith also discusses how economies lead to opulence. Wealth of Nations also offers a defense for free-market capitalism. This edition of Wealth of Nations is an abridged version edited by Harvard economics professor CHARLES JESSE BULLOCK (1869-1941) and published in 1901 by Harvard Classics, a series that offered the essential readings for anyone who wanted the functional equivalent of a liberal arts education. Any student of economics should be familiar with the concepts and laws that Smith developed, as much of economic theory is still based upon his work. Scottish economist and philosopher ADAM SMITH (1723-1790) helped set standards in the fields of political economics and moral philosophy, playing a key role in the early development of the scholarship of economics. His other writings include Essays on Philosophical Subjects. |
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... , or to contract debts, and what have been the effects of those debts upon the real wealth, the annual produce of the land and labour of the society. AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OJ THE WEALTH INTRODUCTION 7.
... , or to contract debts, and what have been the effects of those debts upon the real wealth, the annual produce of the land and labour of the society. AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OJ THE WEALTH INTRODUCTION 7.
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... land . The corn - lands of England , however , are better culti- vated than those of France , and the corn - lands of France are said to be much better cultivated than those of Poland . But though the poor country , notwithstanding the ...
... land . The corn - lands of England , however , are better culti- vated than those of France , and the corn - lands of France are said to be much better cultivated than those of Poland . But though the poor country , notwithstanding the ...
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... land - carriage alone can afford it , so it is upon the sea - coast , and along the banks of navigable rivers , that industry of every kind natu- rally begins to subdivide and improve itself , and it is fre- quently not till a long time ...
... land - carriage alone can afford it , so it is upon the sea - coast , and along the banks of navigable rivers , that industry of every kind natu- rally begins to subdivide and improve itself , and it is fre- quently not till a long time ...
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... 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 . The wood of the forest , the grass of the field , and all ...
... 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 . The wood of the forest , the grass of the field , and all ...
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... land upon which he is reared , the labour of tending and rearing him , and the profits of the farmer who advances both the rent of this land , and the wages of this labour . Though the price of the corn , there- fore , may pay the price ...
... land upon which he is reared , the labour of tending and rearing him , and the profits of the farmer who advances both the rent of this land , and the wages of this labour . Though the price of the corn , there- fore , may pay the price ...
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36 | |
and Stock | 105 |
50 | 153 |
BOOK II | 221 |
Stock of the Society or of the Expence of Maintaining | 233 |
Of the Accumulation of Capital or of Productive and Unpro | 270 |
Of Restraints Upon the Importation from Foreign Countries | 348 |
Of the Extraordinary Restraints upon the Importation of Goods | 370 |
Of Drawbacks | 389 |
Of Treaties of Commerce | 407 |
Of Colonies | 414 |
Conclusion of the Mercantile System | 424 |
Of the Agricultural Systems or of the Systems of Political | 446 |
BOOK V | 468 |
Of Stock Lent at Interest | 291 |
Of the Different Employment of Capitals | 301 |
CHAP | 319 |
Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society | 489 |
Of Public Debts | 574 |
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Página 130 - 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 11 - But if they had all wrought separately and independently, and without any of them having been educated to this peculiar business, they certainly could not each of them have made twenty, perhaps not one pin in a day...
Página 37 - Labour was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased...
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 113 - In a perfectly fair lottery, those who draw the prizes ought to gain all that is lost by those who draw the blanks. In a profession where twenty fail for one that succeeds, that one ought to gain all that should have been gained by the unsuccessful twenty.
Página 37 - EVERY man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life.