The annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but by increasing either the number of its productive labourers, or the productive powers of those labourers who had before been employed.


Chapter III, p. 377. - The Wealth of Nations (1776) - Book II

Adam Smith Quotes

The annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but by increasing either the number of its...

The annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but by increasing either the number of its...

The annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but by increasing either the number of its...

The annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but by increasing either the number of its...