 | Adam Smith - Division of labor - 1786 - 538 pages
...produce, or what is the fame thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever elfe they have occafion for. WHAT is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can fcarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can fupply us with a commodity cheaper... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 550 pages
...produce, or what is the fame thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever elfe they have occafion for. WHAT is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can fcarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can fupply us with a commodity cheaper... | |
 | Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi - Economics - 1803 - 446 pages
...attempt to make at home what it will cost him mort to make than to lniy ..... what is prudence in thé conduct Of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a gréât Kingdom „. Adam Smith Wcalth of nations. Book IV. Çh. U VoL II. p. 183. A GENE VE , Chez... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 pages
...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...family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy... | |
 | Europe - 1811 - 558 pages
...part of its pro" duce, 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..." can scarce be folly, in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign " country, can supply us with a commodity, cheaper than we " ourselves can make 'it, better... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 544 pages
...produce, or what is the fame thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever elfe they have occafion for. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can fcarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can fupply us with a commodity cheaper... | |
 | Francis d' Ivernois - Finance - 1812 - 360 pages
...master ofafamily, never to attempt to make at home, what it will cosl htm more to tuake than to buy what is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. * Cette proposition ne s'applique guère moins à la Grande-Bretagne, sous le rapport des produits... | |
 | Charles Ganilh - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...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 every private family, can scarcely be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper... | |
 | George Brodie - Great Britain - 1822 - 570 pages
...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...family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1835 - 526 pages
...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...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... | |
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What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of... 
