Re: The Socialism Thread
1 month, 3 weeks ago (2008-07-08 19:37:00)
by tortolitas
...the masters of mankind. --Adam Smith,,
An Inquiry Into the
Nature and
Causes of the
Wealth of Nations In a society of
an hundred... merchants and manufacturers. The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is
an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the
nature ... But in every improved and civilised society this is the state
into which the labouring poor, that is, the great body of the ...
RE: Tell me what so wrong with liberal thinking....
3 weeks, 2 days ago (2008-08-06 13:43:00)
by [ tribe of dot ]
... selective memory about enlightenment
liberalism. Smith's "
Wealth Of
Nations" provides no information relating to .... have the advantage in the dispute, and force the other
into a compliance with their terms. The masters, ... starve, or frighten their masters
into an immediate compliance with their ... means it makes use of for this purpose.”[28] “[
An] increase of competition would reduce the profits of...
RE: why vote for Barack Obama?
3 weeks, 5 days ago (2008-08-03 15:15:00)
by [ tribe of dot ]
... in
Great Britain - "perhaps one of the principle
causes" of its prosperity. * Smith opposes tithes and ... wide array of tax and accounting professionals - as
an abomination. * Smith warns that economic incentives must .... have the advantage in the dispute, and force the other
into a compliance with their terms. The masters, ... starve, or frighten their masters
into an immediate compliance with their ...
Re: New Monument To Adam Smith, First Exponent Of Capitalism
1 month, 3 weeks ago (2008-07-05 02:05:00)
by fasgnadh
... them. 17 years before he wrote his most famous work, The
Wealth ... clearly owes it's intellectual # dynamism to the multicultural
nature of the UNITED # Kingdom, and some have argued ... America's # and the whole global economy owe
an enormous debt # to one of the outstanding lights ... Magnum Opus, # "
An Inquiry into the
Nature and
Causes of the
Wealth of
Nations" # is a
seminal work ...
Re: Is it really plausable for a nuclear war to lower tech level
1 month, 3 weeks ago (2008-07-08 23:12:00)
by Agemegos
...and with considerable charm in
An Inquiry into the Nature and
Causes of the
Wealth of
Nations [1776], the foundation of ... these combinations and specialisations, and thus limit productivity,
wealth, and the sophistication of typical products, other than loss ... labour between different firms--and therefore productivity,
wealth, sophistication--is the lack of money that is durable, divisible, ready ...
Re: Money Interventions: The Mom Who Shopped Her Family Broke
2 months ago (2008-06-27 14:57:00)
by denali22
... didn't say over 200 years ago in
An Inquiry Into the
Nature and
Causes of the
Wealth of
Nations. Sensible self-interest is the key. Look out for your own
wealth, and others around you will prosper. Otherwise known as
Trickle-down economics.... the stock-purchase plan at Walmart, where she works. They have
an employer match, and Walmart stock is good in a recession. But this...
RE: Must Sci Fi classics
4 weeks ago (2008-08-01 09:39:00)
by Orange Crush
... may be true (and don't forget it goes deep
into non-science areas like economics and psychology, too) but Robinson really does
an excellent job of giving each of his characters their own distinctive voices. Too many times
an author's characters are just mouthpieces for himself (*.... - Adam Smith,
An Inquiry Into the
Nature and
Causes of the
Wealth of
Nations Politics is the art of ...
RE: Must Sci Fi classics
4 weeks ago (2008-08-01 02:00:00)
by Orange Crush
... interest in reading its sequals. I had the same reaction to Dune. I could never get
into the sequels. Though I now own the Children of Dune on DVD by the Sci-Fi ...
vile maxim of the masters of mankind. - Adam Smith,
An Inquiry Into the
Nature and
Causes of the
Wealth of
Nations Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. - Paul Valery
RE: On This Day (June 5)
2 months, 3 weeks ago (2008-06-06 13:16:00)
by MSFixR
... Moral Sentiments (1759), and
An Inquiry into the
Nature and
Causes of the
Wealth of
Nations (1776).) 1798 ...the United Irishmen from spreading the Irish Rebellion
into Munster. 1849 A new constitution was introduced in...
The Six-Day War began with
an Israeli Air Force preemptive strike that...kitchen pantry of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles,
an event that has spawned a variety of conspiracy ...
China Trade Surplus Narrows In June rock.vh1.com
1 month ago (2008-07-29 06:10:00)
by Pitteetheop
..., while Varangians to Russia. The
Hanseatic League was
an alliance of trading cities that maintained a china trade ...his sailing around Africa, the flow of spice
into Europe was controlled by Islamic powers, ... published the paper
An Inquiry into the
Nature and
Causes of the
Wealth of
Nations. It criticised Mercantilism, ... argued that economic specialisation could benefit
nations just as much as firms....