An analysis of Adam Smiths' Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations, repr., with additions, from the 3rd ed. of J. Joyce's abridgement, revised and ed. by W.P. Emerton, Volume 21880 |
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... means of their subsistence . The quantity of finished work which they sell to the inhabitants of the country regulates the quantity of the materials and provisions which they buy . Their employment and subsistence can augment only in ...
... means of their subsistence . The quantity of finished work which they sell to the inhabitants of the country regulates the quantity of the materials and provisions which they buy . Their employment and subsistence can augment only in ...
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... means only of subsistence and enjoyment , it is divided among all the children of the family . Such was the law of succession among the Romans . But when it was considered as the means The account given in the text requires some ...
... means only of subsistence and enjoyment , it is divided among all the children of the family . Such was the law of succession among the Romans . But when it was considered as the means The account given in the text requires some ...
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... means of linking the various classes of society together ( since the possession of land necessarily involves power over others ) , it may be well to put difficulties in the way of rapid changes in the re- lation of landlord and tenant ...
... means of linking the various classes of society together ( since the possession of land necessarily involves power over others ) , it may be well to put difficulties in the way of rapid changes in the re- lation of landlord and tenant ...
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... mean the sale of the estate , and so much land would come into the market that it could no longer sell at a monopoly price , ' pp . 418-19 . merce . England , on account of the natural fertility of its soil , the extent of the sea ...
... mean the sale of the estate , and so much land would come into the market that it could no longer sell at a monopoly price , ' pp . 418-19 . merce . England , on account of the natural fertility of its soil , the extent of the sea ...
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... means of foreign . commerce and manufactures for distant sale . It was well cultivated before the invasion of Charles VIII . , pp . 421-22 . The capital acquired to any country by commerce and manufactures is an uncertain possession ...
... means of foreign . commerce and manufactures for distant sale . It was well cultivated before the invasion of Charles VIII . , pp . 421-22 . The capital acquired to any country by commerce and manufactures is an uncertain possession ...
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Adam Smith advantage ÆNEID agriculture America ancient artificers balance of trade bank money Bonamy Price bounty Britain capital cent Church civilised clergy coin College colony trade commerce commodities consumer consumption corn Crown 8vo cultivation debt defrayed duties East India empire employed employment England English equal established Europe expense exportation factures favour foreign trade former France fund gold and silver greater Hertford College importation imposed improvement increase industry interest JAMES THORNTON labour land-tax landlord levied Lord Lord Clive maintain manu manufactures ment mercantile merchants monopoly natural necessary occasion Oxford paid Political Economy Portugal profit prohibition proportion proprietors quantity QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES raise regulated render rent of land restraints revenue Rogers's note Roman ROMAN LAW rude produce seignorage society sovereign Spain Specimen standing army subsistence tenant THOMAS CLAYTON tion Translation Wealth of Nations whole