by Mike Van Schoiack | Apr 14, 2015 | Adam Smith, Economics, Philosophers, Quotes
“The produce of the soil maintains at all times nearly that number of inhabitants which it is capable of maintaining. The rich only select from the heap what is most precious and agreeable. They consume little more than the poor, and in spite of their natural...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Apr 14, 2015 | Adam Smith, Economics, Philosophers, Quotes
“As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much as he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestic industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value; every individual necessarily labours to render the annual...
