Manual of Political EconomyMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 631 Seiten |
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Seite x
... causes upon which depend the productiveness of land , labour , and capital . Hence a definition of Political Economy is required , in order that some limit may be placed upon the scope of the science - The most fertile land may be ...
... causes upon which depend the productiveness of land , labour , and capital . Hence a definition of Political Economy is required , in order that some limit may be placed upon the scope of the science - The most fertile land may be ...
Seite xii
... causes which produce fluctuations and disturbances often create phenomena which are independent of causes more constant in their effects - Each class of society has a recognised standard of living ; if , therefore , the commodities of ...
... causes which produce fluctuations and disturbances often create phenomena which are independent of causes more constant in their effects - Each class of society has a recognised standard of living ; if , therefore , the commodities of ...
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... cause - The profit arising from capital spent in improving land , is rent - The drainage companies - Rent is not an ... causes which , according to Adam Smith , produce different rates of wages in different trades - An explanation of ...
... cause - The profit arising from capital spent in improving land , is rent - The drainage companies - Rent is not an ... causes which , according to Adam Smith , produce different rates of wages in different trades - An explanation of ...
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... causes which determine the general average rate of profit - In what sense Ricardo's proposition is true , that the rate of profit depends on wages - The rate of profit really depends upon the cost of labour - The high rate of profit ...
... causes which determine the general average rate of profit - In what sense Ricardo's proposition is true , that the rate of profit depends on wages - The rate of profit really depends upon the cost of labour - The high rate of profit ...
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... Causes which Regulate the Price of Commodities . Commodities , when their price is investigated , are divided into three classes : the first class comprises those commodities whose supply is absolutely limited ; the second class ...
... Causes which Regulate the Price of Commodities . Commodities , when their price is investigated , are divided into three classes : the first class comprises those commodities whose supply is absolutely limited ; the second class ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adam Smith advantages agricultural produce American civil war annually Australia bank notes Bank of England bills bills of exchange BOOK cause cent chapter circulating capital circulation circumstances classes coal commodities consequently considerable cooperative cotton creased Crown 8vo cultivation demand depreciation diminished duction Edition effect employed employers England English exchange exerted export farm farmer fcap foreign France greater important improvements income income-tax increased India individual influence instance invested iron labour and capital land landlord laws less levied loan machinery manufactured ment metayer nation obtained paid particular pauperism peasant political economy population portion possess precious metals principle production of wealth proprietors purchase quantity rate of interest rate of profit realised regard remarked remuneration rent revenue rise sacks of wheat saved silver society sumer supply supposed taxation tenant tion trade value of gold wage-fund wages workmen
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 519 - 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 519 - 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 520 - Thirdly, by the forfeitures and other penalties which those unfortunate individuals incur who attempt unsuccessfully to evade the tax, it may frequently ruin them, and thereby put an end to the benefit which the community might have received from the employment of their capitals.
Seite 182 - Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.
Seite 551 - 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.