An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. With a comm. by the author of 'England and America' (E.G. Wakefield).1836 |
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... annual poll - tax . In those days protection was sel- dom granted without a valuable consideration , and this tax might , perhaps , be considered as compen- sation for what their patrons might lose by their exemption CHAP . III . ] RISE ...
... annual poll - tax . In those days protection was sel- dom granted without a valuable consideration , and this tax might , perhaps , be considered as compen- sation for what their patrons might lose by their exemption CHAP . III . ] RISE ...
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... annual revenue . Whoever has had the fortune to live in a mercantile town situated in an unimproved country , must have frequently observed how much more spirited the operations of merchants were in this way , than those of mere country ...
... annual revenue . Whoever has had the fortune to live in a mercantile town situated in an unimproved country , must have frequently observed how much more spirited the operations of merchants were in this way , than those of mere country ...
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... annual maintenance . Though he contributes , therefore , to the maintenance of them all , they are all more or less independent of him , because gene- rally they can all be maintained without him . When the great proprietors of land ...
... annual maintenance . Though he contributes , therefore , to the maintenance of them all , they are all more or less independent of him , because gene- rally they can all be maintained without him . When the great proprietors of land ...
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... annual produce of the land and labour of a country which can ever be destined for purchasing gold and silver from their neighbours . The far greater part is circulated and consumed among themselves ; and even of the sur- plus which is ...
... annual produce of the land and labour of a country which can ever be destined for purchasing gold and silver from their neighbours . The far greater part is circulated and consumed among themselves ; and even of the sur- plus which is ...
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... , and to maintain fleets and armies in distant countries . Fleets and armies are maintained , not with gold and silver , but with consumable goods . The nation which , from the annual produce 88 [ BOOK IV . PRINCIPLE OF THE --
... , and to maintain fleets and armies in distant countries . Fleets and armies are maintained , not with gold and silver , but with consumable goods . The nation which , from the annual produce 88 [ BOOK IV . PRINCIPLE OF THE --
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Términos y frases comunes
act of navigation advantageous afford altogether America ancient ancient Greece annual produce artificers balance of trade bank money bounty branches of trade Britain British bullion capital carried cheaper coin colony trade commerce commodities consequence corn dearer distant duties East Indies empire employed employment encourage endeavour England English equal established Europe European exclusive company expense exportation factures farmer favour foreign trade France frequently gold and silver greater guilders home market importation improvement and cultivation increase industry inhabitants interest labour less Lisbon manner manu manufactures Mediterranean Sea ment mercantile merchants monopoly mother country nation of shopkeepers nations naturally necessarily occasion ordinary otherwise particular perhaps pound weight pounds profit prohibition proportion proprietors provinces purchase quantity regulations rendered revenue round-about rude produce seignorage sell shillings slaves sort Spain subsistence sugar supposed surplus produce thereby tion tobacco trade of consumption wealth whole wool
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Página 422 - Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production ; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
Página 104 - ... would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.
Página 348 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Página 90 - By means of it, the narrowness of the home market does not hinder the division of labour in any particular branch of art or manufacture from being carried to the highest perfection. By opening a more extensive market for whatever part of the produce of their labour may exceed the home consumption, it encourages them to improve its productive powers, and to augment its annual produce to the utmost, and thereby to increase the real revenue and wealth of society
Página 104 - The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself...
Página 100 - Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally or, rather, necessarily leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to the society.
Página 92 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Página 114 - The first is, when some particular sort of industry is necessary for the defence of the country.
Página 125 - Were those high duties and prohibitions taken away all at once, cheaper foreign goods of the same kind might be poured so fast into the home market, as to deprive all at once many thousands of our people of their ordinary employment and means of subsistence.
Página 117 - As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of Navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.