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# Funds for Maintaining Unproductive Hands

## Definition

Capital and revenue sources that employ unproductive labourers and those who
do not labour at all, including servants, soldiers, churchmen, lawyers,
physicians, and entertainers. These funds tend to have predilection for
unproductive labour, especially among the wealthy, affecting the overall
productive capacity of society.

## Source Chapter

Book II, Chapter 3

## Context

Smith contrasts these funds with those for productive labour, noting that
their proportion determines whether a society tends toward industry or
idleness, and that rich countries often maintain larger proportions of
unproductive hands.

## Economic Domain

Production

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