...trade of the colonies. Adam Smith's comment on the monopolistic aspects of this policy was more acid: "To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, I project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose government...

...customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, I project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers;...nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers." Wealth of Nations, Cannan, ed., vol. II, p. 114. 53. English Historical Review, CLIII ( 1 924), p....

...particular the Smithian view that colonies were a wasteful construction for the benefit of merchants: To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, ... is ... a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose...

...foreign powers. Capitalism's leading philosopher, Adam Smith, pointed out that "England had founded a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers.. ..The maintenance of this monopoly has hitherto been the principal, or more properly perhaps the sole...

...Norrie. 1 See Letter 46, n. 6, above. 2 Edith Burnett's allusion is to the statement of Adam Smith: "To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers" (Wealth of Nations [1776], vol. 2, bk. 4, chap. 7, pt. 3). Napoleon, probably without reference to...

...foreign policies that are inimical to the nation as a whole. Of imperialism, for example, Smith noted: To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shop1 26 keepers. This discussion is not meant to imply that no differences exist between the policy...

...of the Succession in Spain," Edinburgh Review (Jan. 1 833). Critical and Historical Essays (1843). 8 To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers. ADAM SMITH, (1723-1790) Scottish economist. The Wealth of Nations,...

...first found in Smith's The Wealth of Nations, again underlining the new mercantile ethos of the time. To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers. And so to bed (Samuel Pepys, Diary) The growth of the writing profession...

...Chiachen Chang and Zhiguang Lin, The Climate of China, p. 295. 10 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for...

...neo-mercantilism, and deals in statism and power. The exoteric doctrine calls to mind the words of Adam Smith: To found a great Empire for the sole purpose of raising...a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project al together unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced...