 | Stephen M. Best - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 375 pages
...proposes two distinct objectives for political economy in the introduction to bk. 4 of Wealth: "First, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for...or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves: and secondly, to supply the state or commonwealth with revenue... | |
 | Denis Patrick O'Brien - Business & Economics - 2004 - 458 pages
...considered as a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator, proposes two distinct objects: first, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for...or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves; and secondly, to supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue... | |
 | Rocco Pezzimenti - Economic development - 2004 - 260 pages
...considered as a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator, proposes two distinct objects: first, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for...or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves; and secondly to supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue... | |
 | Gerald M. Meier - Business & Economics - 2004 - 264 pages
..."Political Economy, considered as a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator" are "first, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for...or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves; and secondly, to supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue... | |
 | Phillip Anthony O'Hara - Capitalism - 2004 - 424 pages
...impact of wealth generation. The principle objectives of political economy, according to Smith, are "to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for...or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves" as well as to "supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue... | |
 | Adam Smith - Business & Economics - 2004 - 260 pages
...science of a statesSman or legislator, proposes two distinct objects; first, to provide a cplentiful revenue or subsistence for the people, or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves; and secondly, to supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue... | |
 | Ananta Kumar Giri - History - 2004 - 408 pages
...subject matter is not very far away from Adam Smith, who recognised two objects of the economy: lirsl, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people, or more properl\ to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves; anil secondly, to... | |
 | Catherine E. Ingrassia, Jeffrey S. Ravel - History - 2005 - 364 pages
...action. Indeed, Smith explicitly minimizes the need for public initiative, noting that sovereigns should "provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people, or more properly . . . enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves" (IV. Intro. 1). To liberal... | |
 | James McGilvray - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2005 - 356 pages
...distinct objects" of "political economy" should be "to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence to the people, or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue for themselves," with Malthus's declaration that anyone lacking independent wealth "has no... | |
 | Mark Goldie, Robert Wokler - History - 2006 - 944 pages
...thus, Smith gave a fairly conventional def1nition of the practical objects of political economy, namely 'to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for...or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves; and secondly, to supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue... | |
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Political economy, considered as a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator, proposes two distinct objects : first, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people, or, more properly, to enable them to provide such a revenue or... 
