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Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter IX, Paragraph 237

Adam Smith《The Wealth of Nations》· Book I, Chapter IX · Investing

The rise and fall in the profits of stock depend upon the same causes with the rise and fall in the wages of labour, the increasing or declining state of the wealth of the society; but those causes affect the one and the other very differently.

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Locator:Book I, Chapter IX, paragraph 237 · Verified:2026-10-19 · Verification:Exact match

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