Note 72 — Chapter I · : THE PHYSIOCRATS

“Upon final analysis do you find that you have gained anything by your policy of always selling to foreigners without ever buying from them? Have you gained any money by the process? But you cannot retain it. It has passed through your hands without being of the least use. The more it increases the more does its value diminish, while the value of other things increases proportionally.” (Mercier de la Rivière, pp. 580-583.)