 | John George Cochrane - 1835 - 526 pagina’s
...in which they have some advantage over their neighbours, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or, what is the same thing, with the price of a part...family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom." The fact stated by Mr. Rae shows that this rule, like most others, is liable to exceptions. Where the... | |
 | 1835 - 520 pagina’s
...in which they have some advantage over their neighbours, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or, what is the same thing, with the price of a part...family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom." We may leave our author in calm possession of this conclusion. It turns, however, upon this, that in... | |
 | 1835 - 560 pagina’s
...neighbors, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or, what is the same 1 1 1 im,' . with tin- price of a part of it, whatever else they have occasion...family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom." The fact slated by Mr. Rae shows that this rule, like most others, is liable to exceptions. Where the... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 pagina’s
...in which they have some advantage over their neighbours, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or, what is the same thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever els** they have occasion for. What is prudence in the concVct of every private family, can scarce bf... | |
 | 1841 - 614 pagina’s
...in which they have some advantage over their neighbours, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or, what is the same thing, with the price of a part...in the conduct of every private family, can scarce he folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - 1846 - 674 pagina’s
...in wliich they have some advantage over their neighbors, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or what is the same thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever they have occasion for. The same rule applies to communities or countries ; and whether the advantages... | |
 | Sir Robert Peel - 1849 - 82 pagina’s
...shoemaker. The shoemaker does not make his own clothes, but employs a tailor." He says, moreover, that " what is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom." Now let us consider the case of two artisans or dealers resident in the same town. The shoemaker and... | |
 | Alexander Somerville - 1853 - 676 pagina’s
...in which they have some advantage over their neighbours, and to purchase with a part of its produce whatever else they have occasion for." " What is prudence in the conduct of any private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply... | |
 | Franz von Baader - 1854 - 432 pagina’s
...(besonders Vol. II. 275. in der Basler Ausgabe von 1801 in der Stelle: what is prudence in the condnct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom) das Gegentheil bievon behauptet, so widerlegt doch Theorie und Erfahrung diese Behauptung ebensowohl,... | |
 | Friedrich List - 1856 - 524 pagina’s
...of national productive forces, by confounding the maxims of private with those of public economy. " What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. . . . By pursuing his own interest, he promotes that of society. . . . What is the species of domestic... | |
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... and to purchase with a part of its produce, or, what is the same thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever else they have occasion for. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. 
