The Principles of Economical Philosophy, Volume 1Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1872 - Economics |
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... Theory and Practice of Banking , in which , for the first time , the great subject of Banking was treated in a systematic form , and an actual exposition of its mechanism given . The immense part which Banking and Credit play in modern ...
... Theory and Practice of Banking , in which , for the first time , the great subject of Banking was treated in a systematic form , and an actual exposition of its mechanism given . The immense part which Banking and Credit play in modern ...
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... theory of Rent . Fifty years ago I not only read Ricardo's book , but actually abridged it . Subsequent reflection and observation have convinced me that that theory is unsound , as , indeed , is most of his book . You are , no doubt ...
... theory of Rent . Fifty years ago I not only read Ricardo's book , but actually abridged it . Subsequent reflection and observation have convinced me that that theory is unsound , as , indeed , is most of his book . You are , no doubt ...
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... theory of Currency which it was the professed object of that Act to carry out . He maintained that his Act of 1844 was in accordance with , and the complement of , his Act of 1819. In my work I investigated and explained this theory ...
... theory of Currency which it was the professed object of that Act to carry out . He maintained that his Act of 1844 was in accordance with , and the complement of , his Act of 1819. In my work I investigated and explained this theory ...
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... Theory of the Foreign Exchanges , in it he says- " From the foregoing it seems to be evident that when the exchanges are manifestly against the country , and it is perceived that excessive indebtedness is the cause , there are only two ...
... Theory of the Foreign Exchanges , in it he says- " From the foregoing it seems to be evident that when the exchanges are manifestly against the country , and it is perceived that excessive indebtedness is the cause , there are only two ...
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... theories which were seen to be false , and honestly persevered until at last his labours were rewarded with the discovery of the true theory . When we see so much inconsistency with respect to the very fundamental conceptions of the ...
... theories which were seen to be false , and honestly persevered until at last his labours were rewarded with the discovery of the true theory . When we see so much inconsistency with respect to the very fundamental conceptions of the ...
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Page 249 - Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production ; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
Page 42 - But know, that in the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief ; among these, fancy next Her office holds ; of all external things, Which the five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations, airy shapes, Which reason, joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion ; then retires Into her private cell when nature rests.
Page 247 - The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations.
Page 158 - The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.
Page 261 - THERE IS ONE SORT of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed: there is another which has no such effect.
Page 661 - Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.
Page 35 - ... which make those men that take their instruction from the authority of books and not from their own meditation to be as much below the condition of ignorant men as men endued with true science are above it.
Page 306 - ... is to be counted into the bread we eat; the labour of those who broke the oxen, who digged and wrought the iron and stones, who felled and framed the timber employed about the plough, mill, oven, or any other utensils, which are a vast number, requisite to this corn, from its...
Page 562 - ... any body politic or corporate whatsoever created or to be created, or for any other persons whatsoever united or to be united in covenants or partnership exceeding the number of six persons in that part of Great Britain called England, to borrow, owe, or take up any sum or sums of money on their bills or notes payable on demand or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof...
Page 295 - But as a measure of quantity, such as the natural foot, fathom, or handful, which is continually varying in its own quantity, can never be an accurate measure of the quantity of other things, so a commodity, ichich is itself continually varying in its own value, can never be an accurate measure of the value of other commodities. Equal quantities of labour at all times and places may be said to be of equal value to the labourer.