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... laws as those which determine the value of other mineral produce - The recent depreciation of silver - Circumstances which influence the demand for gold and silver - The effect of the gold discoveries on the value of money .... .78-89 ...
... laws as those which determine the value of other mineral produce - The recent depreciation of silver - Circumstances which influence the demand for gold and silver - The effect of the gold discoveries on the value of money .... .78-89 ...
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... law relief frequently check the operation of competition - Competition was till lately almost inoperative among agricultural labourers and is still only very partially operative among women - Adam Smith's five causes which produce ...
... law relief frequently check the operation of competition - Competition was till lately almost inoperative among agricultural labourers and is still only very partially operative among women - Adam Smith's five causes which produce ...
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... laws which govern its Production , Exchange and Distribution . As wealth is the subject of political economy it is necessary to understand precisely what wealth is . Wealth is anything which has an exchange value . This definition will ...
... laws which govern its Production , Exchange and Distribution . As wealth is the subject of political economy it is necessary to understand precisely what wealth is . Wealth is anything which has an exchange value . This definition will ...
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... laws which regulate the Production , the Exchange , and the Distribution of Wealth . The three requisites of Production . It is proposed in this section to dwell solely upon the Production of Wealth . There are three requisites of ...
... laws which regulate the Production , the Exchange , and the Distribution of Wealth . The three requisites of Production . It is proposed in this section to dwell solely upon the Production of Wealth . There are three requisites of ...
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... laws of nature , do the rest . " Take as an example the labour which is employed in building a house . How are bricks made ? By moving a certain kind of clay from the place in which it is found ; by pressing it into a mould and by ...
... laws of nature , do the rest . " Take as an example the labour which is employed in building a house . How are bricks made ? By moving a certain kind of clay from the place in which it is found ; by pressing it into a mould and by ...
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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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