……“伦理”理由。如果你看看现代经济思想（顺便说一句，曾被称为“政治经济学”）的创始人，他的另一本书是《The Theory of Moral Sentiments》，一本明确的道德著作。《Wealth of Nations》的大部分内容更多涉及“应该”而非“是”（尽管 Smith 两者都关注）。正如 von Clausewitz 所观察到的，战争是以其他手段延续政治，政治是以其他手段延续战争……
…"ethical" grounds. If you look at the founder of modern economic thought (called for a time "political economy", BTW), his other book is The Theory of Moral Sentiments, an explicitly moral work. Much of Wealth of Nations concerns "ought" rather more than "is" (though Smith focuses on both). As von Clausewitz observed that war is the continuation of politics by other means, politics is the continuation of war by other…
…library of four hundred books and £779" ($140,100 in 2008 pounds converted to dollars as of today). I seem to remember Forbes saying sometime in the beginning of the last decade that one copy of The Wealth of Nations when printed in 1776 cost about what a current personal computer did at the time.
……进步。鉴于其道德哲学基础以及财富固有的自私自利动态——Smith 指出，“正如 Hobbes 先生所说，财富就是权力”，这是《Wealth of Nations》中最短、最清晰的句子之一，而这本书通常两者都不具备——这似乎是一个艰巨的挑战。
…progress. Given its foundations in moral philosophy and the inherent self-serving dynamics of wealth -- "Wealth, as Mr Hobbes says is power" notes Smith. in one of the shortest and clearest sentences of Wealth of Nations, a book generally given to neither -- this seems a formidable challenge.
……“伦理”理由。如果你看看现代经济思想（顺便说一句，曾被称为“政治经济学”）的创始人，他的另一本书是《The Theory of Moral Sentiments》，一本明确的道德著作。《Wealth of Nations》的大部分内容更多涉及“应该”而非“是”（尽管 Smith 两者都关注）。正如 von Clausewitz 所观察到的，战争是以其他手段延续政治，政治是以其他手段延续战争……
…"ethical" grounds. If you look at the founder of modern economic thought (called for a time "political economy", BTW), his other book is The Theory of Moral Sentiments, an explicitly moral work. Much of Wealth of Nations concerns "ought" rather more than "is" (though Smith focuses on both). As von Clausewitz observed that war is the continuation of politics by other means, politics is the continuation of war by other…
……四百本书和 779 英镑的图书馆”（按 2008 年英镑换算成今天的美元是 140,100 美元）。我似乎记得《福布斯》在上个十年初的某个时候说过，1776 年印刷的一本《The Wealth of Nations》的价格大约相当于当时一台个人电脑的价格。
…library of four hundred books and £779" ($140,100 in 2008 pounds converted to dollars as of today). I seem to remember Forbes saying sometime in the beginning of the last decade that one copy of The Wealth of Nations when printed in 1776 cost about what a current personal computer did at the time.
……进步。鉴于其道德哲学基础以及财富固有的自私自利动态——Smith 指出，“正如 Hobbes 先生所说，财富就是权力”，这是《Wealth of Nations》中最短、最清晰的句子之一，而这本书通常两者都不具备——这似乎是一个艰巨的挑战。
…progress. Given its foundations in moral philosophy and the inherent self-serving dynamics of wealth -- "Wealth, as Mr Hobbes says is power" notes Smith. in one of the shortest and clearest sentences of Wealth of Nations, a book generally given to neither -- this seems a formidable challenge.