Public Economy for the United StatesA. S. Barnes & Company, 1848 - Всего страниц: 536 |
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... Gold and Silver came to be used as Money . - Gold not used as Money in all Parts of the World . - Relative Proportions of the Precious Metals employed as Money and for other Purposes . - Foun- dation of the Value of Gold and Silver ...
... Gold and Silver came to be used as Money . - Gold not used as Money in all Parts of the World . - Relative Proportions of the Precious Metals employed as Money and for other Purposes . - Foun- dation of the Value of Gold and Silver ...
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... gold and silver , in the form of money . To them , practically , it was no matter . But for a theorist , essaying to construct a monetary sys- tem , to be incorporated in a system of public economy , as one of its fundamental and most ...
... gold and silver , in the form of money . To them , practically , it was no matter . But for a theorist , essaying to construct a monetary sys- tem , to be incorporated in a system of public economy , as one of its fundamental and most ...
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... gold and silver , separated from the great mass of these metals , to be used as money , are placed in this position solely to act as " tools ; " this is the beginning and end of their functions as money . When not so employed , they are ...
... gold and silver , separated from the great mass of these metals , to be used as money , are placed in this position solely to act as " tools ; " this is the beginning and end of their functions as money . When not so employed , they are ...
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... gold and silver as the common me- dium of trade , and in all commercial transactions , when it is em- ployed as such , the question is , how much money shall be given for such or such a thing ?. And when the trade is concluded , that is ...
... gold and silver as the common me- dium of trade , and in all commercial transactions , when it is em- ployed as such , the question is , how much money shall be given for such or such a thing ?. And when the trade is concluded , that is ...
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... gold ; and this they find in Free Trade . It is a beautiful theory to such minds ; what could be more charming ? Besides , it costs nothing in the way of verifica- tion ; for it has but one proposition . It is a science that stands on ...
... gold ; and this they find in Free Trade . It is a beautiful theory to such minds ; what could be more charming ? Besides , it costs nothing in the way of verifica- tion ; for it has but one proposition . It is a science that stands on ...
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Стр. 312 - By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
Стр. 41 - If two or more instances in which the phenomenon occurs have only one circumstance in common, while two or more instances in which it does not occur have nothing in common save the absence of that circumstance, the circumstance in which alone the two sets of instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon.
Стр. 136 - Under circumstances giving a powerful impulse to manufacturing industry, it has made among us a progress, and exhibited an efficiency, which justify the belief, that with a protection not more than is due...
Стр. 152 - But in different stages of society, the proportions of the whole produce of the earth which will be allotted to each of these classes, under the names of rent, profit, and wages...
Стр. 279 - 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. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property.
Стр. 41 - If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former; the circumstance in which alone the two instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon.
Стр. 41 - If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation have only one circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon.
Стр. 161 - REST, considered as the price paid for the use of land, is naturally the highest which the tenant can afford to pay in the actual circumstances of the land. In adjusting the terms of the lease, the landlord endeavours to leave him no greater share of the produce than what is sufficient to keep up the stock from which he furnishes the seed, pays the labour, and purchases and maintains the cattle, and other instruments of husbandry, together with the ordinary profits of farming stock in the neighbourhood.
Стр. 314 - There seem, however, to be two cases in which it will generally be advantageous to lay some burden upon foreign for the encouragement of domestic industry. The first is, when some particular sort of industry is necessary for the defence of the country.
Стр. 312 - But the annual revenue of every society is always precisely equal to the exchangeable value of the whole annual produce of its industry, or rather is precisely the same thing with that exchangeable value. As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much as he can both to employ his capital in the support of domestic industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of the greatest value ; every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as...