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一、引言本文考察亚当·斯密以前从十七世纪最后十年向前的经济学文献中消费与生产间的关系。他们发表的看法表明在这个期间消费和生产通常地看作是相互地有助益的因果关系的关系:增加消费不仅是生产的结果而且是财富更大的生产的起因,因为它增高了劳动生产率。
I. INTRODUCTION This paper examines the relationship between consumption and production in Adam Smith’s previous economic literature from the last decade of the seventeenth century. Their published opinion shows that during this period consumption and production are often viewed as mutually beneficial causal relationships: increased consumption is not only the result of production but also the cause of greater production of wealth because it increases labor productivity .