Economica, Volumes 1-2T. Fisher Unwin, 1921 - Economics |
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... exchange for goods and refrain from presenting them for payment ; but these people are in reality making him a loan without interest . The extent to which he can borrow in this way limits the extent of his lending . If it were not true ...
... exchange for goods and refrain from presenting them for payment ; but these people are in reality making him a loan without interest . The extent to which he can borrow in this way limits the extent of his lending . If it were not true ...
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... exchange which passes easily from hand to hand , bags could only be lent on hire to borrowers who wish to use them per- sonally , so that the number of bags on deposit would be less than the total in existence . But when the bags or ...
... exchange which passes easily from hand to hand , bags could only be lent on hire to borrowers who wish to use them per- sonally , so that the number of bags on deposit would be less than the total in existence . But when the bags or ...
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... Exchange . 3. It was lastly possible to argue that though in the last resort wages moved with the cost of food , yet that in practice the standard of comfort was so high that actual wages were in excess of that minimum subsistence level ...
... Exchange . 3. It was lastly possible to argue that though in the last resort wages moved with the cost of food , yet that in practice the standard of comfort was so high that actual wages were in excess of that minimum subsistence level ...
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... exchange with the employer is to become really fruitful , the exchange officials will require a much wider training and knowledge of the issues involved in their work , while the average employer must make a more intelligent use of the ...
... exchange with the employer is to become really fruitful , the exchange officials will require a much wider training and knowledge of the issues involved in their work , while the average employer must make a more intelligent use of the ...
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... exchange , but with no detailed description of the work to be done or the type of woman desirable for the different departments . A crowd of women and girls of all sorts and descriptions , both from the employment exchange and from ...
... exchange , but with no detailed description of the work to be done or the type of woman desirable for the different departments . A crowd of women and girls of all sorts and descriptions , both from the employment exchange and from ...
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