An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 第 2 卷J. Maynard, 1811 |
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第 7 頁
... keeping it in his own possession , and of the other by parting with it . The price or value of his labouring cattle is a fixed capital , in the same manner as that of the instruments of husbandry ; their maintenance is a circulating ...
... keeping it in his own possession , and of the other by parting with it . The price or value of his labouring cattle is a fixed capital , in the same manner as that of the instruments of husbandry ; their maintenance is a circulating ...
第 12 頁
... keep them in constant repair . No fixed capital can yield any revenue but by means of a circulating capital . The most useful machines and instruments of trade will produce nothing , without the circulating capital which af- fords the ...
... keep them in constant repair . No fixed capital can yield any revenue but by means of a circulating capital . The most useful machines and instruments of trade will produce nothing , without the circulating capital which af- fords the ...
第 36 頁
... keep such cash accounts with them , and are thereby interested to promote the trade of those companies , by readily receiving their notes in all payments , and by encouraging all those with whom they have any influence to do the same ...
... keep such cash accounts with them , and are thereby interested to promote the trade of those companies , by readily receiving their notes in all payments , and by encouraging all those with whom they have any influence to do the same ...
第 37 頁
... keep by him a considerable sum of money , either in his own coffers , or in those of his banker , who gives him no ... keep such a sum unemployed . Let us suppose that he generally disposes of his whole stock upon hand , or of goods to ...
... keep by him a considerable sum of money , either in his own coffers , or in those of his banker , who gives him no ... keep such a sum unemployed . Let us suppose that he generally disposes of his whole stock upon hand , or of goods to ...
第 39 頁
... keeping at all times in its coffers , for answering the occasional demands of the holders of its notes , a large sum ... keep at all times in their coffers , not only in proportion to this excessive increase of their circulation , but in ...
... keeping at all times in its coffers , for answering the occasional demands of the holders of its notes , a large sum ... keep at all times in their coffers , not only in proportion to this excessive increase of their circulation , but in ...
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第 236 頁 - By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
第 465 頁 - 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.
第 198 頁 - Political oeconomy, considered as a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator, proposes two distinct objects: first, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people, or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves; and secondly, to supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue sufficient for the public services. It proposes to enrich both the people and the sovereign.
第 236 頁 - What is the species of domestic industry which his capital can employ, and of which the produce is likely to be of the greatest value, every individual, it is evident, can, in his local situation, judge much better than any statesman or lawgiver can do for him.
第 469 頁 - To propose that Great Britain should voluntarily give up all authority over her colonies, and leave them to elect their own magistrates, to enact their own laws, and to make peace and war as they might think proper, would be to propose such a measure as never was, and never will be adopted by any nation in the world.
第 226 頁 - 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.
第 10 頁 - ... 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...
第 246 頁 - There seem, however, to be two cases in which it will generally be advantageous to lay some burden upon foreign, for the encouragement of domestic industry. The first is, when some particular sort of industry is necessary for the defence of the country.
第 233 頁 - 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.
第 481 頁 - Italy, there is not the least probability that the British constitution would be hurt by the union of Great Britain with her colonies. That constitution, on the contrary, would be completed by it, and seems to be imperfect without it.