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# Funds for Maintaining Unproductive Hands
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## Definition
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Capital and revenue sources that employ unproductive labourers and those who
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do not labour at all, including servants, soldiers, churchmen, lawyers,
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physicians, and entertainers. These funds tend to have predilection for
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unproductive labour, especially among the wealthy, affecting the overall
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productive capacity of society.
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## Source Chapter
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Book II, Chapter 3
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## Context
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Smith contrasts these funds with those for productive labour, noting that
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their proportion determines whether a society tends toward industry or
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idleness, and that rich countries often maintain larger proportions of
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unproductive hands.
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## Economic Domain
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Production
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