I Have No Faith In Political Arithmetic.

The Interest Of The Dealers, However, In Any Particular Branch Of Trade Or Manufactures, Is Always In Some Respects Different From, And Even Opposite To, That Of The Public. To Widen The Market And To Narrow The Competition, Is Always The Interest Of The Dealers.

This Great Increase Of The Quantity Of Work Which, In Consequence Of The Division Of Labour, The Same Number Of People Are Capable Of Performing, Is Owing To Three Different Circumstances; First, To The Increase Of Dexterity In Every Particular Workman; Secondly, To The Saving Of The Time Which Is Commonly Lost In Passing From One Species Of Work To Another; And Lastly, To The Invention Of A Great Number Of Machines Which Facilitate And Abridge Labour, And Enable One Man To Do The Work Of Many.

The Greatest Improvement In The Productive Powers Of Labour, And The Greater Part Of The Skill, Dexterity, And Judgment With Which It Is Anywhere Directed, Or Applied, Seem To Have Been The Effects Of The Division Of Labour.

The Liberal Reward Of Labour, Therefore, As It Is The Affect Of Increasing Wealth, So It Is The Cause Of Increasing Population. To Complain Of It, Is To Lament Over The Necessary Effect And Cause Of The Greatest Public Prosperity.

The Rate Of Profit... Is Naturally Low In Rich And High In Poor Countries, And It Is Always Highest In The Countries Which Are Going Fastest To Ruin.