No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable.
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This powerful statement by Adam Smith draws our attention to the fundamental truth of societal well-being: true prosperity cannot exist in any community where the vast majority are suffering in poverty. It provokes reflection on the essence of happiness and flourishing, and how those states are inherently collective rather than individual experiences. A society dominated by widespread misery is inherently unstable and unsustainable because social cohesion and prosperity are undermined by...
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