Abstract
It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy ... What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of our own industry, employed in a way which we have some advantage. The general industry of the country ... will not thereby be diminished ... but only left to find out the way in which it can be employed with the greatest advantage.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 445-482 |
| Number of pages | 38 |
| Journal | Journal of World Trade |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 2005 |