 | John Ruskin - 1907 - 862 pages
...First 1 [See Joshua viii. 33, 34.] '' [See such passages in The Wealth of Rations as book iv. ch. ii. : "It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view;" and book iv. ch. ix. : "the natural effort which every man is continually making... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 484 pages
...likely to be more advantageous to the society than that into which it would have gone of its own accord. Every individual is continually exerting himself to...advantageous employment for whatever capital he can demand. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1907 - 850 pages
...First 1 [See Joshua viii. 33, 34.] '' [See such passages in The Wealth of Nation* as book iv. ch. ii. : "It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view ; " and book iv. ch. ix. : " the natural effort which every man is continually... | |
 | Richard Theodore Ely - Economics - 1908 - 746 pages
...Wealth of Nations, the most influential book ever written on economics. "Every individual," said Smith, "is continually exerting himself to find out the most...own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage, naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him... | |
 | Richard Theodore Ely, Thomas Sewall Adams - Economics - 1908 - 728 pages
...equal, Adam Smith published the Wealth of Nations, the most influential book ever written on economics. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage, naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him... | |
 | Richard Theodore Ely - Economics - 1910 - 730 pages
...equal, Adam Smith published the Wealth of Nations, the most influential book ever written on economics. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage, naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him... | |
 | Lewis Henry Haney - Economics - 1911 - 598 pages
...affected anxiety of the lawgiver is evidently impertinent as it is oppressive." And again he states that " every individual is continually exerting himself to...own advantage indeed and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him... | |
 | Walton Hale Hamilton - Economics - 1916 - 914 pages
...form he is fettered by our institutions. 43. A Plea against Governmental Restraints7 BY ADAM SMITH Every individual is continually exerting himself to...own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage, naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him... | |
 | Richard Theodore Ely, Thomas Sewall Adams, Max Otto Lorenz, Allyn Abbott Young - Economics - 1916 - 812 pages
...Wealth of Nations, the most influential book ever written on economics. "Every individual," said Smith, "is continually exerting himself to find out the most...own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage, naturally, or rather necessarily, leads him... | |
 | Thorstein Veblen - Civilization - 1919 - 526 pages
...Journal of Economics, Vol. XIII, July. 1899. 2 Bonar, Philosophy and Political Economy, pp. 177, 178. 3 " Every individual is continually exerting himself to...whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally, or... | |
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Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally,... 
