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# Natural Progress of Improvement
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## Definition
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The inherent tendency of societies to accumulate capital and improve through
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individual efforts to better their condition, protected by law and allowed by
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liberty. This principle frequently restores health to the economic
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constitution despite government extravagance and administrative errors.
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## Source Chapter
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Book II, Chapter 3
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## Context
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Smith's optimistic conclusion that individual self-interest and frugality
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generally overcome government interference, allowing England's progress toward
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opulence despite public prodigality.
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## Economic Domain
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General Theory
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