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Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI, Paragraph 603
Adam Smith《The Wealth of Nations》· Book I, Chapter XI · Investing
The wool of Scotland fell very considerably in its price in consequence of the union with England, by which it was excluded from the great market of Europe, and confined to the narrow one of Great Britain. The value of the greater part of the lands in the southern counties of Scotland, which are chiefly a sheep country, would have been very deeply affected by this event, had not the rise in the price of butcher’s meat fully compensated the fall in the price of wool.
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