Principles of National EconomyGinn, 1921 - 773 páginas |
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... things which promote or hinder it . Ways of getting wealth . The prosperity of a nation , like that of an individual , depends , in the most general sense , upon how many useful things and services it can manage to get . To have little ...
... things which promote or hinder it . Ways of getting wealth . The prosperity of a nation , like that of an individual , depends , in the most general sense , upon how many useful things and services it can manage to get . To have little ...
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... things which one would like to have , giving up the things for which one cares less in order to have those for which one cares more . Necessity forces this kind of choosing not only upon individuals but also upon communities and nations ...
... things which one would like to have , giving up the things for which one cares less in order to have those for which one cares more . Necessity forces this kind of choosing not only upon individuals but also upon communities and nations ...
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... things undone , and you must , therefore , choose rather carefully the few things that you think most im- portant or that would cause you the most inconvenience or pain if left undone . In order that you may do these few and im- portant ...
... things undone , and you must , therefore , choose rather carefully the few things that you think most im- portant or that would cause you the most inconvenience or pain if left undone . In order that you may do these few and im- portant ...
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... things we want . To waste things that have already been produced is no worse than to waste the time and energy that might have produced more of the same things . Wasting time and energy does not necessarily mean remain- ing idle ...
... things we want . To waste things that have already been produced is no worse than to waste the time and energy that might have produced more of the same things . Wasting time and energy does not necessarily mean remain- ing idle ...
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... things and making them go as far as they can be made to go in the satisfaction of one's wants . In brief , economy of goods con- sists in trying to make things that are scarce go 8 PRINCIPLES OF NATIONAL ECONOMY.
... things and making them go as far as they can be made to go in the satisfaction of one's wants . In brief , economy of goods con- sists in trying to make things that are scarce go 8 PRINCIPLES OF NATIONAL ECONOMY.
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Página 582 - By necessaries I understand, not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without.
Página 623 - 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.
Página 110 - And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Página 325 - Two men I honour, and no third. First, the toil-worn Craftsman that with earth-made Implement laboriously conquers the Earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard Hand; crooked, coarse; wherein notwithstanding lies a cunning virtue, indefeasibly royal, as of the Sceptre of this Planet. Venerable too is the rugged face, all weather-tanned, besoiled, with its rude intelligence; for it is the face of a Man living manlike.
Página 85 - 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.
Página 110 - And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai ; unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Página 726 - As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
Página 110 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 325 - A second man I honour, and still more highly: Him who is seen toiling for the spiritually indispensable; not daily bread, but the bread of Life.
Página 168 - A great part of the machines made use of in those manufactures in which labor is most subdivided were originally the inventions of common workmen, who, being each of them employed in some very simple operation, naturally turned their thoughts towards finding out easier and readier methods of performing it.