The Science of Wealth: A Manual of Political Economy. Embracing the Laws of Trade, Currency, and FinanceLittle, Brown,, 1869 - 496 Seiten |
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... whole science is thrown into con- fusion . It has been common for writers to speak of exchangeable value , intrinsic value , value in use , & c .; but all these terms are inappropriate . The adjectives are superfluous : they have no ...
... whole science is thrown into con- fusion . It has been common for writers to speak of exchangeable value , intrinsic value , value in use , & c .; but all these terms are inappropriate . The adjectives are superfluous : they have no ...
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... , and I upon mine . I don't force you : why should you lay a constraint upon me ? Give me a whole year's labor , or seek a diamond for yourself ' " But that might entail on me ten years ' CHAP . III . ] 11 DEFINITION OF VALUE .
... , and I upon mine . I don't force you : why should you lay a constraint upon me ? Give me a whole year's labor , or seek a diamond for yourself ' " But that might entail on me ten years ' CHAP . III . ] 11 DEFINITION OF VALUE .
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... whole , a good . It assumes this . It leaves to others the discussion whether the highest interests of society are attained by repelling the kindness of Nature , and by denying the in- stincts of man . This kindness , and those ...
... whole , a good . It assumes this . It leaves to others the discussion whether the highest interests of society are attained by repelling the kindness of Nature , and by denying the in- stincts of man . This kindness , and those ...
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... great agent in England are probably equal to the muscular effort of one hundred millions of men ; but the whole of it is gratuitous . All that is required to secure these 16 [ BOOK I. DEFINITIONS . -Nature gives value to nothing,
... great agent in England are probably equal to the muscular effort of one hundred millions of men ; but the whole of it is gratuitous . All that is required to secure these 16 [ BOOK I. DEFINITIONS . -Nature gives value to nothing,
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... whole value has been given by labor . 99 If we look to the fertility of the land , by far the greatest of all the natural forces engaged in production , we shall find that it confers no value . Is it asked , " Why , then , do men pay ...
... whole value has been given by labor . 99 If we look to the fertility of the land , by far the greatest of all the natural forces engaged in production , we shall find that it confers no value . Is it asked , " Why , then , do men pay ...
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advantages agricultural amount average balance balance of trade Bank of England bills of exchange bushel capital cause circulation coin commerce commodities consequence consumption contraction cost cotton credit currency credit money debt demand deposits desires division of labor duties economical effect equal expense exports extent fact fifty per cent fluctuations foreign greater hundred important income increase individual industry iron issued kind land laws of value less loans manufactures Massachusetts matter ment merchant millions mixed currency mixed-currency banks Muscovado natural notes objects operation paid payment persons political economy pound sterling principle production profits proportion protection rate of interest receive regard rency rent result revenue secure specie standard of value stocks suppose tariff tariff of 1816 taxation thing thousand dollars tion trade United value currency wages wants wealth wheat whole
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 466 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Seite 234 - ... in all parts of the United States in payment of taxes, excises, public lands, and all other dues to the United States, except for duties on imports ; and also for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations, and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt, and in redemption of the national currency.
Seite 308 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Seite 212 - The gold and silver money which circulates in any country may very properly be compared to a highway, which, while it circulates and carries to market all the grass and corn of the country, produces itself not a single pile of either.
Seite 475 - ... in an action on a contract or obligation in writing, for the direct payment of money, made payable in a specified kind of money or currency, judgment for the plaintiff, whether it be by default or after verdict, may follow the contract or obligation, and be made payable in the kind of money or currency specified therein...
Seite 309 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Seite 212 - The commerce and industry of the country, however, it must be acknowledged, though they may be somewhat augmented, cannot be altogether so secure when they are thus, as it were, suspended upon the Daedalian wings of paper money as when they travel about upon the solid ground of gold and silver.
Seite 310 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as Little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Seite 244 - Sixty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third unpaid), pay to the order of ourselves £1,600. sterling value received, and charge the same to account of as advised. "Dana Land and Lumber Company. "To Messrs. Geo. Shadbolt & Son, London.
Seite 372 - This principle that the earth belongs to the living and not to the dead is of very extensive application and consequences in every country, and most especially in France. It enters into the resolution of the questions Whether the nation may change the descent of lands holden in tail? Whether they may change the appropriation of lands given...