...for local business. Minimum — Make It A Living Y It is but equity... that those 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. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776. our paycheck should keep you out of poverty,...

...part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, 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.97 In addition, as we have seen above, because the poor admire the rich, economic...

...greater part of the members are poor and miserable. 1t is but equity, besides, 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.3x Smith opposed the mercantilist regulation of wages not only because they violated...

...shameful that the mass of the people of a country should live in poor conditions, and declared explicitly: "It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, cloath...to be themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged."33 Yet he did not really see in that a social problem, but rather an economic one: "The liberal...

...characterization of WN as is. WN is shot through with remarks like the following: It is but equity . . . that they who feed, cloath, and lodge the whole body...themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged. (WN 96) If masters would always listen to the dictates of reason and humanity, they have frequently...

...greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, 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. (Smith 1776, 88) Such sentiments have important implications. Clearly, it is a...

...greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, 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. Poverty, though it no doubt discourages, does not always prevent marriage. It seems...

..."[n]o 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" (Smith 2000b, p. 90). Altman (2QOO) argues that Smith implicitly agrees to some sort of redistribution...

...part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, 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. Poverty seems even to be favourable to generation. A half-starved Highland woman...

...part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, 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. (WN, 96) Smith believes that the liberal plan is the best constitution for the...