An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1Clarendon Press, 1880 |
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... occasion of his matriculation , Adamus Smith e Coll . Ball . Gen. Fil . , ' and dated Jul . 7mo 1740 , ' is written in a round school - boy hand . I find from an exami- nation of the Buttery Books , still preserved at Balliol Col- lege ...
... occasion of his matriculation , Adamus Smith e Coll . Ball . Gen. Fil . , ' and dated Jul . 7mo 1740 , ' is written in a round school - boy hand . I find from an exami- nation of the Buttery Books , still preserved at Balliol Col- lege ...
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... occasion , Adam Smith formed an acquaintance with David Hume , and commenced a friendship which grew in strength till the philosopher died . In 1751 Smith was appointed to the Professorship of Logic in Glasgow University , and the next ...
... occasion , Adam Smith formed an acquaintance with David Hume , and commenced a friendship which grew in strength till the philosopher died . In 1751 Smith was appointed to the Professorship of Logic in Glasgow University , and the next ...
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... is naturally distributed among the Ranks of the People . Of the Division of Labour . CHAPTER I.V 5 CHAPTER II . Of the Principle which gives occasion to the Division of Labour 14 CHAPTER III . ✓ That the Division of Labour is.
... is naturally distributed among the Ranks of the People . Of the Division of Labour . CHAPTER I.V 5 CHAPTER II . Of the Principle which gives occasion to the Division of Labour 14 CHAPTER III . ✓ That the Division of Labour is.
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... occasion . But this proportion must in every nation be regulated by two different circumstances : first , by the skill , dexterity , and judgment " 1 Smith does not define wealth . Most economists limit it to such material objects as ...
... occasion . But this proportion must in every nation be regulated by two different circumstances : first , by the skill , dexterity , and judgment " 1 Smith does not define wealth . Most economists limit it to such material objects as ...
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... occasion to very different theories of political economy ; of which some mag- nify the importance of that industry which is carried on in towns , others of that which is carried on in the country . Those theories have had a considerable ...
... occasion to very different theories of political economy ; of which some mag- nify the importance of that industry which is carried on in towns , others of that which is carried on in the country . Those theories have had a considerable ...
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Página 3 - The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations.
Página 9 - 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 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 354 - It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries. They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society.
Página 395 - The experience of all ages and nations, I believe, demonstrates that the work done by slaves, though it appears to cost only their maintenance, is in the end the dearest of any. A person who can acquire no property, can have no other interest but to eat as much and to labour as little as possible.
Página 17 - He will be more likely to prevail if he can interest their self-love in his favour, and show them that it is for their own advantage to do for him what he requires of them. Whoever offers to another a bargain of any kind, proposes to do this. Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want...
Página 54 - 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 336 - THERE is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed: there is another which has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called productive; the latter, unproductive* labour.
Página 33 - The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
Página 348 - An augmentation of fortune is the means by which the greater part of men propose and wish to better their condition. It is the means the most vulgar and the most obvious...