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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 480

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

It was in the perfect confidence that Englishmen were the best and most honest workers in the world, that free trade was established. Should we ever become a shoddy manufacturing people, free trade will probably be abolished; and we shall then impose prohibitory duties upon foreign manufactures. But is it not the fact that every year sees an increase in the exports of English goods,--that English workmanship is not considered the worst, but the best, in the general markets of the world,--and that numerous foreign makers place an English mark upon their productions in order to ensure their sale?

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 480 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

正是完全相信英国人是世界上最好、最诚实的工人,自由贸易才得以建立。如果我们哪天变成偷工减料的制造国,自由贸易大概就会被废除,转而对外国货征收禁止性关税。但事实是:英国货物出口年年增加;英国工艺在世界市场上不是最差而是最好;许多外国制造商会打上英国标记来保证销路。作者的意思是:开放市场建立在质量自信上;一旦质量垮掉,保护主义就会回来。

上下文

斯迈尔斯《节俭》讨论自由贸易与英国制造质量之间的信任关系。

今日一问

你所在的组织,是靠质量自信开放竞争,还是靠保护政策回避竞争?

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