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“Which leads us to a conclusion that may at first appear paradoxical, namely, that it is production which opens a demand for products.”

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Jean-Baptiste Say

Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XV, p. 133 (See also: Say's Law)
Kontext: A man who applies his labour to the investing of objects with value by the creation of utility of some sort, can not expect such a value to be appreciated and paid for, unless where other men have the means of purchasing it. Now, of what do these means consist? Of other values of other products, likewise the fruits of industry, capital, and land. Which leads us to a conclusion that may at first appear paradoxical, namely, that it is production which opens a demand for products.

“A system of swindling can never be long lived, and must infallibly in the end produce much more loss than profit.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XXI, Section V, p. 238
Kontext: And let no government imagine, that, to strip them of the power of defrauding their subjects, is to deprive them of a valuable privilege. A system of swindling can never be long lived, and must infallibly in the end produce much more loss than profit.

“Opulent, civilized, and industrious nations, are greater consumers than poor ones, because they are infinitely greater producers.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter I, p. 391 (See also: Say's Law)

“If the community wish to have the benefit of more knowledge and intelligence in the labouring classes, it must dispense it at the public charge.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter VI, Section II, p. 436

“Every individual, from the common mechanic, that works in wood or clay, to the prime minister that regulates with the dash of his pen the agriculture, the breeding of cattle, the mining, or the commerce of a nation, will perform his business the better, the better he understands the nature of things, and the more his understanding is enlightened.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter VI, Section II, p. 432

“Labour, upon whichever of those operations it be bestowed, is productive, because it concurs in the creation of a product. Thus the labour of the philosopher, whether experimental or literary, is productive; the labour of the adventurer or master-manufacturer is productive, although he perform no actual manual work; the labour of every operative workman is productive, from the common day-labourer in agriculture, to the pilot that governs the motion of a ship.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter VII, p. 85

“Wherefore it is impossible to succeed in comparing wealth of different eras or different nations. This, in political economy, like squaring the circle in mathematics, is impracticable, for want of a common mean or measure to go by.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XXI, Section VI, p. 244

“What is the motive which operates in every man's breast to counteract the impulse towards the gratification of his wants and appetites?”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XIX, p. 207

“How many other opinions, as universally prevailing and as much respected, will in like manner pass away?”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. xlix

“The quantity of money, which is readily parted with to obtain a thing is called its price.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter I, p. 61

“The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter VIII, Section I, p. 449

“All travellers agree that protestant are both richer and more populous than catholic countries; and the reason is, because the habits of the former are more conducive to production.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter XI, Section I, p. 381 (See also: Max Weber)

“The wealthy are generally impressed with an idea, that they shall never stand in need of public charitable relief; but a little less confidence would become them better.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter VI, Section II, p. 439

“The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter IV, p. 399 (See also:Say's Law, Michał Kalecki, John Maynard Keynes)

“The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things is the sole foundation of all truth.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. xvii

“A treasure does not always contribute to the political security of its possessors. It rather invites attack, and very seldom is faithfully applied to the purpose for which it was destined.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter IX, p. 487

“The encouragement of mere consumption is no benefit to commerce; for the difficulty lies in supplying the means, not in stimulating the desire of consumption; and we have seen that production alone, furnishes those means. Thus, it is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XV, p. 138

“Freedoms and apprenticeships are likewise expedients of police, not of that wholesome branch of police, whose object is the maintenance of the public and private security, and which is neither costly nor vexatious; but of that sort of police which bad governments employ to preserve or extend their personal authority at any expense.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XVII, Section II, p. 177

“Capital in the hands of a national government forms a part of the gross national capital.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter III, p. 73

“The theory of interest was wrapped in utter obscurity, until Hume and Smith dispelled the vapor.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter VIII, Section I, p. 354

“The wants of mankind are supplied and satisfied out of the gross values produced and created, and not out of the net values only.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter II, p. 69

“But, is it possible for princes and ministers to be enlightened, when private individuals are not so?”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. liv

“What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the Greeks?”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. xxix

“A shop-keeper in good business is quite as well off as a pedlar that travels the country with his wares on his back. Commercial jealousy is, after all, nothing but prejudice: it is a wild fruit, that will drop of itself when it has arrived at maturity.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter IX, p. 101

“It is doubtless very desirable, that private persons should have a correct knowledge of their personal interests; but it must be infinitely more so, that governments should possess that knowledge.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter VI, Section I, p. 418

“With respect to the present time, there are few persons who unite the qualifications of good observers with a situation favourable for accurate observation.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. xix

“Demand and supply are the opposite extremes of the beam, whence depend the scales of dearness and cheapness; the price is the point of equilibrium, where the momentum of the one ceases, and that of the other begins.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter I, p. 290

“Valuation is vague and arbitrary, when there is no assurance that it will be generally acquiesced in by others.”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter I, p. 285

“At Newfoundland, it is said, that dried cod performs the office of money”

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Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XXI, Section II, p. 221

“Political economy has only become a science since it has been confined to the results of inductive investigation.”

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Jean-Baptiste Say

Zdroj: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. xxvi