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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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