斯密的军事经济思想,集中体现在他的名著《国民财富的性质和原因的研究》即,《国富论》一书中,具体思想如下: 第一,物质资料的生产是军事力量的基础,军队的规模,必须同物质资料生产相适应。斯密指出:“这些人,因为他们一无生产,不得不仰给于别人劳动的产物。如果他们人数增加到不应有的数额,他们可能在某一年消费这么多的上述产物,以至反无足够余量来维持能在次年有所再生产的生产性劳动者。于是下一年的再生产,一定不及上一年。”这里,斯密首先指出了,军队是非生产单位,其次,斯密指出了,军队的规模必须同物质资料生产相适应。不能超过物质 Smith's military economic thought is embodied in his famous book, “Research on the Nature and Causes of National Wealth”, namely, “Wealth of Nations”, the specific ideas are as follows: First, the production of material data is the basis of military forces, The size of the army must be compatible with the production of material information. Smith said: “These people, because they have no production, have to turn to the labor of others, and if their numbers increase to an undue amount, they may spend so many of the above-mentioned products in one year, There was not enough room left to sustain productive workers who could be reproduced in the following year, so the reproduction of the next year was certainly not as good as the previous year. ”Here, Smith first pointed out that the army is a non-production unit and secondly, Pointed out that the size of the military must be compatible with the production of material information. Can not exceed the material