Principles of Political EconomyGinn, 1919 - 588 páginas |
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... therefore , he is confronted with some prob- lem in economy . As already stated , the necessity for economy grows out of the scarcity of something or other , either time and energy , on the one hand , or some ECONOMY 5.
... therefore , he is confronted with some prob- lem in economy . As already stated , the necessity for economy grows out of the scarcity of something or other , either time and energy , on the one hand , or some ECONOMY 5.
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... hand , and goods , on the other . Another way of saying it would be that it is the effort to make things that are scarce go as far and accomplish as much as possible . Economics , household management . Originally the word economics ...
... hand , and goods , on the other . Another way of saying it would be that it is the effort to make things that are scarce go as far and accomplish as much as possible . Economics , household management . Originally the word economics ...
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... hand , and those whom he disapproves , on the other . If he is wise in his approvals and disapprovals , this will probably work well . He lends his encouragement and strength to those who pass it on , who use the strength which they ...
... hand , and those whom he disapproves , on the other . If he is wise in his approvals and disapprovals , this will probably work well . He lends his encouragement and strength to those who pass it on , who use the strength which they ...
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... hand of a lady , the decision of a jury , or the trade of a possible customer . This form of conflict would remain even if we could elimi- nate all other forms . Even under the most complete form of communism there would remain abundant ...
... hand of a lady , the decision of a jury , or the trade of a possible customer . This form of conflict would remain even if we could elimi- nate all other forms . Even under the most complete form of communism there would remain abundant ...
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... hand , and clear , concise , and regularly enforced , on the other . When everyone knows definitely what the law is , and knows definitely that it will be enforced not only against him but equally in his defense , he at least knows what ...
... hand , and clear , concise , and regularly enforced , on the other . When everyone knows definitely what the law is , and knows definitely that it will be enforced not only against him but equally in his defense , he at least knows what ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abundant Adam Smith advantage agriculture amount anarchism animals bank bargaining become better called chapter commodities competition compulsion consumers consumption coöperation cost crop cultivation demand desire division of labor dollars economic energy enterprise exchange fact factors factors of production farm farmer favor Federal Reserve Federal Reserve bank give grade horse human important income increase individual industry interest invest kind land large number law of value less liberalist luxuries machine manufacturing marginal productivity material means moral nation nature necessary nitrogen owner person plow possess problem profits proportion prosperity purchase quantity reason rent result scarce scarcity sell single tax social society soil spend standard of living sumers sumption sumptuary laws supply surplus taxation things tion transportation United unskilled labor utility wages waste water frame wealth wheat
Passagens conhecidas
Página 61 - 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 474 - 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 564 - 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 121 - 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.
Página 257 - In the same class must be ranked some both of the gravest and most important, and some of the most frivolous professions; churchmen, lawyers, physicians, men of letters of all kinds ; players, buffoons, musicians, opera singers, opera dancers, &c.
Página 258 - Like the declamation of the actor, the harangue of the orator, or the tune of the musician, the work of all of them perishes in the very instant of its production.
Página 255 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me: the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Página 257 - The labour of the latter, however, has its value and deserves its reward as well as that of the former. But the labour of the manufacturer fixes and realizes itself in some particular subject or vendible commodity, which lasts for some time at least after that labour is past.
Página 257 - ... is bestowed. But the maintenance of a menial servant never is restored. A man grows rich by employing a multitude of manufacturers; he grows poor by maintaining a multitude of menial servants.
Página 257 - Thus the labour of a manufacturer adds generally to the value of the materials, which he works upon, that of his own maintenance, and of his master's profit. The labour of a menial servant, on the contrary, adds to the value of nothing.