Political EconomyAmerican Book Company, 1886 - 134 Seiten |
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... capitalist is inter- est ; and the government take taxes . We may say that , as a general rule , the produce of work is divided into four shares , which may be thus shown : produce wages rent + interest + taxes . It 39. The Labourer's ...
... capitalist is inter- est ; and the government take taxes . We may say that , as a general rule , the produce of work is divided into four shares , which may be thus shown : produce wages rent + interest + taxes . It 39. The Labourer's ...
Seite 50
... Capitalist's Share . share of the capitalist is interest ; but this is usually a good deal less than what actually remains in the hands of the capitalist . Business is generally carried on by some capitalist who rents a piece of land ...
... Capitalist's Share . share of the capitalist is interest ; but this is usually a good deal less than what actually remains in the hands of the capitalist . Business is generally carried on by some capitalist who rents a piece of land ...
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... capitalist's so - called profit ought to be laid aside as recompense for risk . There is always more or less ... capitalist can afford to pay . Now , whenever any of these mis- takes or misfortunes happen , it is the capitalist who ...
... capitalist's so - called profit ought to be laid aside as recompense for risk . There is always more or less ... capitalist can afford to pay . Now , whenever any of these mis- takes or misfortunes happen , it is the capitalist who ...
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... capitalist , then , must have some inducement for running into these disagreeable risks ; by lending his capital to ... capitalists will get the interest of capital and the wages of superintendence free from loss . We may say , then ...
... capitalist , then , must have some inducement for running into these disagreeable risks ; by lending his capital to ... capitalists will get the interest of capital and the wages of superintendence free from loss . We may say , then ...
Seite 54
... capitalist as much money as is supposed to be equal in value to his share . Now , we shall see that it is requisite to distinguish between money wages and real wages . What a labourer really works for is the bread , clothes , beer ...
... capitalist as much money as is supposed to be equal in value to his share . Now , we shall see that it is requisite to distinguish between money wages and real wages . What a labourer really works for is the bread , clothes , beer ...
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Seite 59 - ... first, the agreeableness or disagreeableness of the employments themselves; secondly, the easiness and cheapness, or the difficulty and expense of learning them; thirdly, the constancy or inconstancy of employment in them; fourthly, the small or great trust which must be reposed in those who exercise them; and fifthly, the probability or improbability of success in them.
Seite 129 - 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 130 - Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.
Seite 34 - ... the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.
Seite 130 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and 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 128 - 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 they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State .... In the observation or neglect of this maxim, consists what is called the equality 'or inequality of taxation.
Seite 58 - Secondly, the wages of labour vary with the easiness and cheapness, or the difficulty and expense of learning the business. When any expensive machine is erected, the extraordinary work to be performed by it before it is worn out, it must be expected, will replace the capital laid out upon it, with at least the ordinary profits.