The annual consumption of gold lace, pine apples, or champagne, must be reckoned unproductive, since these things give no assistance to production, nor any support to life or strength, but what would equally be given by things much less costly.

• 每年在金线带、菠萝形装饰品，或香槟酒方面的消费必须看作是非生产性的，因为这些东西既对生产毫无帮助，又不是 用于维持生命或体力，而可以用便宜得多的东西来替代。