...subserviency to the art ». 74. Définition d'Adam Smith (W. of N. Book IV, Introduction, vol. II, p. 1) : Political Economy, considered as a branch of the science...objects: first, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistance for the people, or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence...

...II, p. 1) : Political Economy, considered as a branch of thé science of a statesman or Iegislator, proposes two distinct objects : first, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for thé people, or more properly to enable thém to provide such a revenue or subsistence for thémselves...

...had defined political economy as — " a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator," which " proposes two distinct objects : first, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people, . . . and secondly, to supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue sufficient for the public services....

...writers have built. "Political economy," he declares, "proposes two distinct objects: first, to supply a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people,...properly, to enable them to provide such a revenue for themselves; and secondly, to supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue sufficient for the...

...his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, in which he stated the objects of political economy, "considered as a branch of the science of a statesman," to be two: first, to provide adequate "revenue or substance for the people or, more properly, to enable...

...written perhaps thirty years earlier. i See W. of N., IV., Introd, p. 187 (MacCulloch's edition):— " Political Economy considered as a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator men of business, who know how trade benefits themselves and have no concern how it benefits the nation...

...the inhabitants of the country also increases. From the national point of view " the first object of political economy considered as a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator is to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people, or more properly to enable them to...

...the inhabitants of the country also increases. From the national point of view " the first object of political economy considered as a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator is to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people, or more properly to enable them to...

...his "Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations," in which he stated the objects of political economy, "considered as a branch of the science of a statesman," to be two: first, to provide adequate "revenue or substance for the people or, more properly, to enable...

...of the State. It was so used as late as Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations, 1776), who defined it thus: "Political economy considered as a branch of the science...legislator proposes two distinct objects, first, to supply a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people, or more properly to enable them to provide...