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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 80
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England is one of the richest countries in the world. Our merchants are enterprising, our manufacturers are industrious, our labourers are hard-working. There is an accumulation of wealth in the country to which past times can offer no parallel. The Bank is gorged with gold. There never was more food in the empire; there never was more money. There is no end to our manufacturing productions, for the steam-engine never tires. And yet notwithstanding all this wealth, there is an enormous mass of poverty. Close alongside the Wealth of Nations, there gloomily stalks the Misery of Nations,--luxurious ease resting upon a dark background of wretchedness.
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定位：Excerpt 80 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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核心是：国家再富，也挡不住大量贫困紧挨着财富。英国当时工商业发达、银行堆满黄金、机器日夜生产，可穷人照样一大片。作者点出，财富总量增加不等于人人过得好，关键在分配和个人的节俭习惯。光看国家账本没用，要看底层日子有没有改善。做法是既鼓励个人储蓄、量入为出，也推动社会改革，别让繁荣只停在统计数字上。
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斯迈尔斯《节俭》写于19世纪英国工业鼎盛期，他观察到国民财富与底层贫困并存。
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