...whole. No society can surely be nourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that...themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged " (Vol. I. p. 80). Moreover, he adds, the liberal reward of labour " is the cause of increasing population....

...says, is to "lament over the necessary effect and cause of the greatest public prosperity" (1.83 ). "It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, cloath...of their own labour as to be themselves tolerably well-fed, cloathed and lodged" (1.80). It is a necessary effect, he holds, because a nation increasing...

...asking what he conceives to be justice for the "lower ranks of the people"— "It is but equity . . . that they who feed, cloath and lodge the whole body...themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged" (p. 791. If the phrase "impartial spectator" is not used in The Wealth of Nations, the spectator is...

...Smith offers no solution to this display of unequal power except to plead that "they who feed, clothe and lodge the whole body of the people should have...own labour as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed and lodged." Clearly government was not the answer, for, as we have already seen. Smith suffered...

...but equity, besides, that they who feed, cloath and lodge the whole body of the people, should have a share of the produce of their own labour as to be...themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed, and lodged." He went off to his grave with praise ringing in his ears, and was not seriously attended to, then or...

...society can be flourishing and happy," he writes, "of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that...themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed, and lodged" (Smith, Wealth of Nations, p. 96). Smith stops short of demanding that the working classes possess...

...described in this book and whose courage and dignity are a continual inspiration. It is but equity . . . that they who feed, cloath and lodge the whole body...own labour as to be themselves tolerably well fed, doathed and lodged. Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations The dream from which we must be woken is the dream...

...whole. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that...themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged. (WN I.viii.36) Smith attacks not only the mercantilist policies that benefit the few at the expense...

...whole. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that...to be themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged.34 Smith's support for the 'liberal reward of labour' was crucial to his theory of commercial...

...some ways, Forster's plea was not far from Adam Smith's confident declaration that it was 'but equity' that 'they who feed, cloath and lodge the whole body...themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged'. This statement, after all, indicated Smith's support for high wages; he also viewed a large population...