 | Adam Smith - Division of labor - 1786 - 538 pages
...own fecurity; and by directing that induftry in fuch a manner as its produce may be of the greateft value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cafes, Jed by an invifible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always... | |
 | Adam Smith - English literature - 1811 - 550 pages
...,1'ecurity ; and by directing that induftry in fuch a manner as its produce may be of the greateft value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cafes, led by an invifible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always... | |
 | Calvin Colton - Economics - 1848 - 556 pages
...as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor know? how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support...; 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 that, as... | |
 | Julius Mikszewicz - 1852 - 88 pages
...und der Aufklärungslitteratur jener Zeit die Anschauung der 1) He generaly, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By prefering the iupport of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intendt only his own secnrity; and... | |
 | Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie - Economics - 1879 - 510 pages
...revenue of his own nation as great as he can, Adam Smith adds: ' He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much...only his own security; and by directing that industry that its freedom may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as... | |
 | H. W. Furber - Free trade - 1884 - 554 pages
...render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferrmg the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security; and... | |
 | Scotland - 1887 - 506 pages
...Smith has a reply for such ready at hand. Every individual, indeed, he acknowledges : ' Neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it ' ; but then, as he proceeds, he ' is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part... | |
 | Wilhelm Hasbach - Economics - 1890 - 196 pages
...Walten einer höheren Macht. „He generally, indeed," heifst es an einer Stelle, „neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it .... he only intends his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand... | |
 | Wilhelm Hasbach - Economics - 1890 - 196 pages
...Walten einer höheren Macht. „He generally, indeed," heifst es an einer Stelle, „neither intends to '-'•', promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it .... he only intends his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible.... | |
 | Ramsden Balmforth - Ethics - 1893 - 180 pages
...most advantageous to the society." 3 And again : " The individual generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much...industry in such a manner as its produce may be of 1 Quoted by Dugald Stewart in Introductory Memoir to the Wealth of Nations, p. 13. (Ward <fc Lock's... | |
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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 greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other... 
