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2、cts:first,toprovideaplentifulrevenueorsubsistenceforthepeople,ormoreproperlytoenablethemtoprovidesucharevenueorsubsistenceforthemselves;andsecondly,tosupplythestateorcommonwealthwitharevenuesufficientforthepublicservices.Itproposestoenrichboththepeopleandthesovereign.Thedifferentprogressofopule
3、nceindifferentagesandnationshasgivenoccasiontotwodifferentsystemsofpoliticaleconomywithregardtoenrichingthepeople.Theonemaybecalledthesystemofcommerce,theotherthatofagriculture.IshallendeavourtoexplainbothasfullyanddistinctlyasIcan,andshallbeginwiththesystemofcommerce.Itisthemodernsystem,andisb
4、estunderstoodinourowncountryandinourowntimes.CHAPTERIOfthePrincipleoftheCommercial,orMercantileSystemTHATwealthconsistsinmoney,orandsilver,isapopularnotionwhichnaturallyarisesfromthedoublefunctionofmoney,astheinstrumentofcommerceandasthemeasureofvalue.Inconsequenceofitsbeingtheinstrumentofcomme
5、rce,whenwehavemoneywecanmorereadilyobtainwhateverelsewehaveoccasionforthanbymeansofanyothercommodity.Thegreataffair,wealwaysfind,istogetmoney.Whenthatisobtained,thereisnodifficultyinmakinganysubsequentpurchase.Inconsequenceofitsbeingthemeasureofvalue,weestimatethatofallothercommoditiesbythequan
6、tityofmoneywhichtheywillexchangefor.Wesayofarichmanthatheisworthagreatdeal,andofapoormanthatheisworthverylittlemoney.Afrugalman,oramaneagertoberich,issaidtolovemoney;andacareless,agenerous,oraprofuseman,issaidtobeindifferentaboutit.Togrowrichistogetmoney;andwealthandmoney,inshort,are,incommonla
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