"... though... in the case of a free trade between France and England... the balance would be in favour of France, it would by no means follow that such a trade would be disadvantageous to England... If the wines of France are better and cheaper than those of Portugal, or its linens than those of Germany, it would be more advantageous for Great Britain to purchase both the wine and the foreign linen which it had occasion for of France, than of Portugal and Germany."
"The real purpose of scientific method is to make sure Nature hasn't misled you into thinking you know something you don't actually know." - Robert Pirsig
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Quotation of the Day
From An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by
Adam Smith, Oxford World Classics Edition, Book 4, Chapter 3 (page 303):
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