...zur Verteidigung der Reichen gegen die Armen eingerichtet worden sei („civil government so far äs it is instituted for the security of property is in...instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor"), das wußte er auch.44 Was also tun mit dieser bürgerlichen Gesellschaft? Wer den Weg der Rechtsphilosophie...

...236), he comments on states that uphold the privilege and security of the propertied as follows: '. . . civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, in in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property...

...inequality with which goods are distributed; the civil government, which is instituted for the protection of property, is "in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor.'"57 The effect of these institutions, at least in societies with a reasonably impartial administration...

...him depends his power of keeping their inferiors in subordination to them. They constitute a sort of ical causes that seem to have produced them bear too...Even a cursory review will, I think, be sufficient to defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none...

...Smith seems to know this very well when he makes the following statement concerning property rights: Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the...security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none...

..."Government has no other end but the preservation of property." In the Wealth oj Nations he was more guarded: "Civil government, so far as it is instituted for...have some property against those who have none at all."62 What were the considerations which brought Smith to his laissez faire conclusions? His philosophical...