# Perpetual Fund for Maintenance of Labour # Perpetual Fund for Maintenance of Labour ## Definition The accumulated capital created through individual saving that provides continuous employment for productive labour across all future time periods. Like a founder of a public work-house, a frugal person establishes a fund that, though not legally protected, is guarded by the evident interest of all who may ever possess any share of it. ## Source Chapter Book II, Chapter 3 ## Context Smith uses this concept to show how individual saving creates lasting economic benefits beyond the immediate year, establishing a permanent capacity for productive employment that characterizes wealthy nations. ## Economic Domain Accumulation ---