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... mercantile operations of an active nation , constitute the only essential difficulty which has to be overcome in a just organization of labour . The subject opens into too many branches to admit of being investigated in a paper of this ...
... mercantile operations of an active nation , constitute the only essential difficulty which has to be overcome in a just organization of labour . The subject opens into too many branches to admit of being investigated in a paper of this ...
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Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy John Ruskin. modern mercantile operations is to throw both wages and trade into the form of a lottery , and to make the workman's pay depend on intermittent exertion , and the ...
Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy John Ruskin. modern mercantile operations is to throw both wages and trade into the form of a lottery , and to make the workman's pay depend on intermittent exertion , and the ...
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... mercantile concern , if not such as could be compared with those of a great lawyer , general , or divine , would at least match the general conditions of mind required in the subordinate officers of a ship , or of a regiment , or in the ...
... mercantile concern , if not such as could be compared with those of a great lawyer , general , or divine , would at least match the general conditions of mind required in the subordinate officers of a ship , or of a regiment , or in the ...
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... mercantile economy ; but not one of those of political economy . Primarily , which is very notable and curious , I observe that men of business rarely know the meaning of the word " rich . " At least if they know , they do not in their ...
... mercantile economy ; but not one of those of political economy . Primarily , which is very notable and curious , I observe that men of business rarely know the meaning of the word " rich . " At least if they know , they do not in their ...
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... mercantile economy , the economy of " merces " or of " pay , " signifies the accumulation , in the hands of individuals , of legal or moral claim upon , or power over , the labour of others ; every such claim implying precisely as much ...
... mercantile economy , the economy of " merces " or of " pay , " signifies the accumulation , in the hands of individuals , of legal or moral claim upon , or power over , the labour of others ; every such claim implying precisely as much ...
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