An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1G. Walker, 1822 - 47 páginas |
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... present state of things is mentioned , it is to be understood of the state they were in , either about that time , or at some earlier period , during the time I was employed in writing the book . To the third edition , however , I have ...
... present state of things is mentioned , it is to be understood of the state they were in , either about that time , or at some earlier period , during the time I was employed in writing the book . To the third edition , however , I have ...
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... present high duties upon the importation of raw silk , does not so well suit the climate of England as that of France . But the hard - ware and the coarse woollens of England are beyond all com- parison superior to those of France , and ...
... present high duties upon the importation of raw silk , does not so well suit the climate of England as that of France . But the hard - ware and the coarse woollens of England are beyond all com- parison superior to those of France , and ...
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... present subject to inquire . It is common to all men , and to be found in no other race of animals , which seem to know neither this nor any other species of contracts . Two greyhounds , in running down the same hare , have sometimes ...
... present subject to inquire . It is common to all men , and to be found in no other race of animals , which seem to know neither this nor any other species of contracts . Two greyhounds , in running down the same hare , have sometimes ...
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... present subsists between them , and con- sequently could give but a small part of that en- couragement which they at present mutually af- ford to each other's industry . There could be little or no commerce of any kind between the ...
... present subsists between them , and con- sequently could give but a small part of that en- couragement which they at present mutually af- ford to each other's industry . There could be little or no commerce of any kind between the ...
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... present . The extent and easi- ness of this inland navigation was probably one of the principal causes of the early improvement of Egypt . The improvements in agriculture and manu- factures seem likewise to have been of very great ...
... present . The extent and easi- ness of this inland navigation was probably one of the principal causes of the early improvement of Egypt . The improvements in agriculture and manu- factures seem likewise to have been of very great ...
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 |
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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...