An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 第 2 卷J. Maynard, 1811 |
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第 36 頁
... return them to the banks , in order to balance their cash accounts , or to replace what they may have borrowed of them ; and thus almost the whole money business of the country is transacted by means of them . Hence the great trade of ...
... return them to the banks , in order to balance their cash accounts , or to replace what they may have borrowed of them ; and thus almost the whole money business of the country is transacted by means of them . Hence the great trade of ...
第 38 頁
... return upon the banks , to be exchanged for gold and silver . Many people would immediately per- ceive that they had more of this paper than was ne- cessary for transacting their business at home ; and as they could not send it abroad ...
... return upon the banks , to be exchanged for gold and silver . Many people would immediately per- ceive that they had more of this paper than was ne- cessary for transacting their business at home ; and as they could not send it abroad ...
第 40 頁
... sorb and employ , will return upon it almost as fast as they are issued . For answering occasional de- mands , therefore , this bank ought to keep at all times in its coffers , not eleven thousand pounds only 40 B. II . OF MONEY .
... sorb and employ , will return upon it almost as fast as they are issued . For answering occasional de- mands , therefore , this bank ought to keep at all times in its coffers , not eleven thousand pounds only 40 B. II . OF MONEY .
第 49 頁
... returns is too distant from the whole of the outgoings , and the sum of his repayments could not equal the sum of its advances within such moderate periods of time as suit the conve- niency of a bank . Still less could a bank afford to ...
... returns is too distant from the whole of the outgoings , and the sum of his repayments could not equal the sum of its advances within such moderate periods of time as suit the conve- niency of a bank . Still less could a bank afford to ...
第 50 頁
... return to the undertaker till after a period of many years , a period by far too distant to suit the conveniency of a bank . Traders and other un- dertakers may , no doubt , with great propriety car- ry on a very considerable part of ...
... return to the undertaker till after a period of many years , a period by far too distant to suit the conveniency of a bank . Traders and other un- dertakers may , no doubt , with great propriety car- ry on a very considerable part of ...
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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.