An inquiry into the principles of political oeconomy; being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations. In which are particularly ... agriculture, trade, industry, money
Автор:Sir James Steuart Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 224 ISBN: 1236403428 This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1767 Excerpt: ...them by the consumers; consequently, can never occasion one farthing more to be exported. Prohibitions, therefore, upon the exportation of specie, are not in every case so absurd as they appear at first sight. It is very certain that no body gives money for nothing; consequently, a state may rest assured that the proprietors of the specie, their subjects, will take sufficient care not to make a present of it to foreigners. The intention, therefore, of such prohibitions, is not to prevent the payment of what people owe; but to prevent that payment from being made in coin or bullion; and also to discourage the buying of such foreign commodities as must-be paid in specie, preferably to others which may be paid for with the returns of home produce. When a statesman, therefore, finds...
