An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Act of Parliament advantage afford altogether ancient annual produce balance of trade bank bounty Britain bullion capital carried cent circulating capital circulation coin colonies commerce commodities commonly consequence considerable consumed consumption corn cultivation dearer declension demand duties employed employment England equal established Europe exchange expense exportation farmer foreign trade France frequently fund gold and silver greater quantity importation improvement increase industry inhabitants interest joint stock company land and labour landlord less maintain manner manufactures ment merchants metals money price monopoly nations natural price naturally necessarily necessary obliged occasion ordinary paid particular perhaps Portugal pound weight pounds sterling present profits of stock proportion proprietors provinces purchase quantity of labour raise regulated render rent revenue rude produce Scotland seems seignorage seldom shillings society sometimes sort sovereign Spain subsistence supposed surplus tillage tion wages of labour wealth whole workmen