“Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production”

— Adam Smith

Source: The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book IV, Chapter VIII, p. 719.
Context: Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.

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