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by dredmorbius
3065 days ago
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Political economy, considered as a branch of the science of a statesman or legislator, proposes two distinct objects: first, to provide a plentiful revenue or subsistence for the people, or more properly to enable them to provide such a revenue or subsistence for themselves; and secondly, to supply the state or commonwealth with a revenue sufficient for the public services. It proposes to enrich both the people and the sovereign. -- Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, introduction to Book IV. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/smith-adam/works/... |
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