By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many... The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart - Seite 25von Dugald Stewart - 1856Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 484 Seiten
...security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as...end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1911 - 664 Seiten
...security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as...end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently... | |
| Karl Přibram - 1912 - 120 Seiten
...intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how nrach he is promoting it. . he only intends bis own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible band to promote an end wbich was no part of bis intention" 78 ). Als logische Konsequenz aus diesen... | |
| Frank William Taussig - 1915 - 176 Seiten
...promoting it. ... By directing his industry in such manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as...many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention." — Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Ch. II (Vol. I, p. 421... | |
| Walton Hale Hamilton - 1916 - 914 Seiten
...security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as...end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently... | |
| Reuben McKitrick - 1917 - 284 Seiten
...security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as...end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently... | |
| Robert Franklin Hoxie - 1917 - 476 Seiten
...security; and by directing that industry in such a manner that its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this as...many other cases led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention." The slogans of this new philosophy were natural rights,... | |
| Thorstein Veblen - 1919 - 526 Seiten
...society. ... By directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain ; and he is in this,...end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own In the proposition that... | |
| Thomas Nixon Carver - 1919 - 608 Seiten
...promoting it. ... By directing [his] industry in such a manner as its produce maybe of greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as...many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. ... By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes... | |
| Frank William Taussig - 1921 - 586 Seiten
...security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as...end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest he frequently... | |
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