 | Robert H. Frank - 2000 - 340 стор.
...highest impertinence of kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws or...foreign luxuries. They are themselves always and without exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society. Let them look well after their own expense, and... | |
 | Michael Macrone - 1999 - 284 стор.
...is folly for governments to intrude on production and trade. Furthermore, "kings and ministers . . . are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society." In short, "laissez faire." This doctrine works well in a relatively free, strong, and expanding economy,... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood, Steven Kates - 2000 - 312 стор.
...ministers, to pretend to watch over the oeconomy of private people, and to restrain their expence, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation...in the society. Let them look well after their own expence, and they may safely trust private people with theirs. If their own extravagance does not ruin... | |
 | Claus-Dieter Ehlermann - 2000 - 853 стор.
...of Nations, Book IV, Chapter 2. In any event, Adam Smith concluded that 'kings and ministers [. . .] are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society.' We cannot expect the state or the civil service or self-regulatory bodies to be any better than anyone... | |
 | Andres Marroquin - 2002 - 165 стор.
...and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expence, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation...in the society. Let them look well after their own expence, and they may safely trust private people with theirs. If their own extravagance does not ruin... | |
 | Adam Smith - 2004 - 260 стор.
...presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense either by sumptuary laws, or...does not ruin the state, that of their subjects never will. As frugality increases, and prodigality diminishes the public capital, so the conduct of those,... | |
 | Monty Armstrong, David Daniel, Princeton Review (Firm), Abby Kanarek, Alexandra Freer - 2004 - 376 стор.
...presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws,...prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries." Source: Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1775. The author... | |
 | Samuel Fleischacker - 2005 - 212 стор.
...to pretend to watch over the economy of private people." He adds, about these kings and ministers, "They are themselves, always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society" (WN 346). This is not the end of the list. Smith defends poor people's religious choices against the... | |
 | Samuel Fleischacker - 2009 - 352 стор.
...to pretend to watch over the economy of private people." He adds, about these kings and ministers: "They are themselves, always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society" (WN 346). The poor, he believes, tend to be frugal rather than prodigal: practically everyone, including... | |
 | Klaus Günter Grunert, John Thøgersen - 2005 - 392 стор.
...presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws or...does not ruin the state, that of their subjects never will (Smith [1776] 1981, pp. 34-36). In this view, there was little room for government intervention... | |
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It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries.... 
