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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... Profit , or upon the Revenue arising from Stock 174 Taxes upon the Profit of particular Employments 175 APPENDIX to ARTICLES I. and II . Taxes upon the capital value of Land , Houses , and Stock 177 ARTICLE III . Taxes upon the Wages of ...
... Profit , or upon the Revenue arising from Stock 174 Taxes upon the Profit of particular Employments 175 APPENDIX to ARTICLES I. and II . Taxes upon the capital value of Land , Houses , and Stock 177 ARTICLE III . Taxes upon the Wages of ...
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... profits most men would choose to employ their capitals rather in the cultivation of land than either in manufactures or in foreign trade . The capital employed in land is more under the command of its owner , and is less liable to ...
... profits most men would choose to employ their capitals rather in the cultivation of land than either in manufactures or in foreign trade . The capital employed in land is more under the command of its owner , and is less liable to ...
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... profits are nearly equal manufactures are preferred , for the employment of a capital , to foreign commerce .. In every period of society the surplus part of the produce must be sent abroad in order to be exchanged for something for ...
... profits are nearly equal manufactures are preferred , for the employment of a capital , to foreign commerce .. In every period of society the surplus part of the produce must be sent abroad in order to be exchanged for something for ...
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... profit requires an exact attention to small savings , of which a man born to a large fortune is seldom capable . His situation disposes him to attend to ornament rather than profit ; his revenue is not sufficient to improve his whole ...
... profit requires an exact attention to small savings , of which a man born to a large fortune is seldom capable . His situation disposes him to attend to ornament rather than profit ; his revenue is not sufficient to improve his whole ...
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... profits of the farmer , which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm . This tax hinders the accumulation of stock , and is besides looked upon as dishonourable to the persons subject to it , and since whoever rents the ...
... profits of the farmer , which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm . This tax hinders the accumulation of stock , and is besides looked upon as dishonourable to the persons subject to it , and since whoever rents the ...
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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