...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."25 Taxation should be fixed and known in advance. "The tax which each individual...

...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. (I. viii. 36) While Burke would tolerate a grossly lopsided distribution of the nation's product, Smith...

...justice: "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." It was also a matter of prudence, in that it tends to make people more industrious: "The wages of labour...

...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. (Smith, 1776, vol. 1, p. 88) In an economy like that of Britain in the late eighteenth century, it...

...society: 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...to be themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged.127 He promises earlier in the text that, in a 'well-governed society', the 'universal opulence...

...University Press. CHAPTER 6 Social Democracy as a Development Strategy Karl Ove Moene dr Michael Wallerstein "It is but equity besides, that they who feed cloath...the produce of their own labour as to be themselves well fed, cloathed and lodged." — Adam Smith 1 776 "One has to understand that the ongoing crisis...

...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. (WN, I.viii.36) 3 The conditions of growth One essential element needs to be added...

...economically. "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). Citations are from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,...

...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...of their own labour as to be themselves tolerably well-fed, cloathed and lodged.27 Similarly, he later argued that good wages are an important "cause...

...substantially to change general attitudes toward the poor when he stressed that "it is but equity . . . that they who feed, cloath, and lodge the whole body...themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged" ( WWI.viii.36). But has inequality between nations in fact decreased over the past two centuries? Surprisingly,...