Political EconomyD. Appleton, 1889 - 134 Seiten |
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... pounds of food . Thus we can understand why in South America , where there are great herds of cattle , the best beef is not wealth , namely , because there is so much that there are not people enough to eat it . The beef II 19 E ...
... pounds of food . Thus we can understand why in South America , where there are great herds of cattle , the best beef is not wealth , namely , because there is so much that there are not people enough to eat it . The beef II 19 E ...
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... pounds , and every new copy would cost as much as the first . Before the invention of printing , books used to be thus copied out , and manuscript books were therefore very expensive , besides being full of mis- takes . The whole of ...
... pounds , and every new copy would cost as much as the first . Before the invention of printing , books used to be thus copied out , and manuscript books were therefore very expensive , besides being full of mis- takes . The whole of ...
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... pounds , then capital worth thirty pounds is sufficient to keep him at work in this way . Three men cultivating potatoes will of course require three times as much capital , or ninety pounds worth ; ten men will need three hundred pounds ...
... pounds , then capital worth thirty pounds is sufficient to keep him at work in this way . Three men cultivating potatoes will of course require three times as much capital , or ninety pounds worth ; ten men will need three hundred pounds ...
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... pounds worth of capital ; ten men , 10 × 5 × 30 , or fifteen hun- dred pounds worth , and so on in proportion . Thus we see clearly that the capital required in any kind of industry is proportional to the number of men em- ployed , and ...
... pounds worth of capital ; ten men , 10 × 5 × 30 , or fifteen hun- dred pounds worth , and so on in proportion . Thus we see clearly that the capital required in any kind of industry is proportional to the number of men em- ployed , and ...
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... pounds ' worth of planes and other implements ; a pianoforte maker sometimes owns seventy pounds ' worth of tools ; even gardeners re- quire spades , rakes , a barrow , scythe , 12 * VI . ] 49 DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH .
... pounds ' worth of planes and other implements ; a pianoforte maker sometimes owns seventy pounds ' worth of tools ; even gardeners re- quire spades , rakes , a barrow , scythe , 12 * VI . ] 49 DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH .
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Adam Smith advantage APPLETON arises ASTRONOMY banker barristers become beef benefit better Botany bubble called capitalist carry cent cheaply circulating capital clothes coal coins collapse commodity corn cost cotton difficult division of labour doubt earn employed employers employment England exchange factory fallacy farm farmer Geology give gold increase Indirect Taxes Introduction price invention iron Iron puddlers John Smith kind land laws of supply less limited in supply lockout machinery machines manage manufactured means ment metal natural agent paid payment pearls person plenty political economy poor Pound Sterling pounds Primer produce profits quantity railways rate of interest rate of wages receive rent requisites of production rich sell shares shillings silver sometimes spend strike supply and demand tenant things trade trades-unions usually utility valuable wealth wine workmen