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... instance , water is supplied by means of canals and aqueducts , and in this case it has an exchange value , and may consequently be regarded as wealth . Many most mischievous errors have been fallen into by persons who have mistaken the ...
... instance , water is supplied by means of canals and aqueducts , and in this case it has an exchange value , and may consequently be regarded as wealth . Many most mischievous errors have been fallen into by persons who have mistaken the ...
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... the land . A piece of woollen cloth , for instance , is derived from the land . The wool of which it is made has been originally taken from the back of a sheep , which lived on the grass , turnips , etc. , grown on the land . Calico.
... the land . A piece of woollen cloth , for instance , is derived from the land . The wool of which it is made has been originally taken from the back of a sheep , which lived on the grass , turnips , etc. , grown on the land . Calico.
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... instances of the application of the principle , that “ man has no other means of acting upon matter than by moving it ... instance , one pound weight of the microscopically small steel screws used in watches , is worth six pounds weight ...
... instances of the application of the principle , that “ man has no other means of acting upon matter than by moving it ... instance , one pound weight of the microscopically small steel screws used in watches , is worth six pounds weight ...
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... instance , and the adoption of a free- trade policy , have caused an enormous increase in the material wealth of this country . But it must be remembered that the work of statesmen in getting rid of protection consisted in releasing ...
... instance , and the adoption of a free- trade policy , have caused an enormous increase in the material wealth of this country . But it must be remembered that the work of statesmen in getting rid of protection consisted in releasing ...
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... instance , in lifting a heavy weight , as in the example just given . 2nd , Complex Cooperation ; or the cooperation which takes place when several persons help each other in different employments . An instance of complex cooperation of ...
... instance , in lifting a heavy weight , as in the example just given . 2nd , Complex Cooperation ; or the cooperation which takes place when several persons help each other in different employments . An instance of complex cooperation of ...
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A. W. VERRALL agricultural produce amount Assistant Assistant-Master Bank Bank of England BEGINNERS BOOK Cambridge capital and labour capitalist causes cent CHEMISTRY cheques Christ's College classes Clifton College commodities competition corn cost of production Crown 8vo decrease demand economic rent effect ELEMENTARY employment England English example exports Extra fcap farmer Fellow of St Fellow of Trinity formerly France Globe 8vo gold and silver Greek HISTORY income income-tax increased industry instance J. P. MAHAFFY John's College labour and capital land landlord late Fellow LATIN Lecturer levied LL.D London Macmillan's manufactured margin of cultivation Master Mathematics Owens College Oxford paid Political Economy poor rate population PRIMER principle production of wealth Professor purchase rate of profit rate of wages rent revised and enlarged School Second Edition Shew supply supposed taxation trade Translated TREATISE TRIGONOMETRY Trinity College University University of Cambridge wages and profits wages-fund workmen
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