An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 第 1 卷Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson, Edinburgh, 1809 |
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... proportion must in every nation be regu- lated by two different circumstances ; first , by the skill , dexterity , and judgment with which its labour is generally applied ; and , secondly , by the propor- tion between the number of ...
... proportion must in every nation be regu- lated by two different circumstances ; first , by the skill , dexterity , and judgment with which its labour is generally applied ; and , secondly , by the propor- tion between the number of ...
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... proportion between the number of those who are annually employed in useful labour , and that of those who are not so employed . The number of useful and productive labourers , it will hereafter appear , is everywhere in proportion to ...
... proportion between the number of those who are annually employed in useful labour , and that of those who are not so employed . The number of useful and productive labourers , it will hereafter appear , is everywhere in proportion to ...
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... proportion to the superiority of labour and expence . In agriculture , the labour of the rich coun- try is not always much more productive than that of the poor ; or , at least , it is never so much more productive , as it commonly is ...
... proportion to the superiority of labour and expence . In agriculture , the labour of the rich coun- try is not always much more productive than that of the poor ; or , at least , it is never so much more productive , as it commonly is ...
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... proportion to the riches and populousness of that country , and consequently their improvement must always be posterior to the improvement of that coun- try . In our North American colonies , the plantations have constantly followed ...
... proportion to the riches and populousness of that country , and consequently their improvement must always be posterior to the improvement of that coun- try . In our North American colonies , the plantations have constantly followed ...
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... proportion , however , be- tween the shilling , and either the penny on the one hand , or the pound on the other , seems not to have been so constant and uniform as that between the penny and the pound . During the first race of the ...
... proportion , however , be- tween the shilling , and either the penny on the one hand , or the pound on the other , seems not to have been so constant and uniform as that between the penny and the pound . During the first race of the ...
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第 177 頁 - People of the same trade seldom meet together even for merriment and diversion but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public or in some contrivance to raise prices.
第 19 頁 - It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.
第 75 頁 - The market price of every particular commodity is regulated by the proportion between the quantity which is actually brought to market, and the demand of those who are willing to pay the natural price of the commodity...
第 167 頁 - 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. The patrimony of a poor man...
第 21 頁 - The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education.
第 66 頁 - 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.
第 134 頁 - THE whole of the advantages and disadvantages of the different employments of labour and stock* must, in the same neighbourhood, be either perfectly equal, or continually tending to equality.
第 18 頁 - Whether this propensity be one of those original principles in human nature, of which no further account can be given; or whether, as seems more probable, it be the necessary consequence of the faculties of reason and speech, it belongs not to our present subject to enquire.
第 14 頁 - Each individual becomes more expert in his own peculiar branch, more work is done upon the whole, and the quantity of science is considerably increased by it.
第 2 頁 - ... than the greater part of those who work; yet the produce of the whole labour of the society is so great, that all are often abundantly supplied, and a workman, even of the lowest and poorest order, if he is frugal and industrious, may enjoy a greater share of the necessaries and conveniences of life than it is possible for any savage to acquire.