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... quantity of gold and silver which is used for other purposes besides being coined into money is comparatively small , and therefore the quantity of gold required for such purposes does not vary greatly -- Gold and silver have always ...
... quantity of gold and silver which is used for other purposes besides being coined into money is comparatively small , and therefore the quantity of gold required for such purposes does not vary greatly -- Gold and silver have always ...
Page xxi
... quantity of gold required for the last of these two pur- poses does not vary greatly from year to year - Hence any increase in the quantity of gold produced must be almost entirely converted into coin - The amount of money any country ...
... quantity of gold required for the last of these two pur- poses does not vary greatly from year to year - Hence any increase in the quantity of gold produced must be almost entirely converted into coin - The amount of money any country ...
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... quantity , and therefore it is not wealth ; but the population of a large town would soon absorb all the water which nature spontaneously provides , and therefore water must be supplied by arti- 6 Mamial of Political Economy .
... quantity , and therefore it is not wealth ; but the population of a large town would soon absorb all the water which nature spontaneously provides , and therefore water must be supplied by arti- 6 Mamial of Political Economy .
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... quantity of water and yeast , and when he has brought the mixture within the influence of the requisite heat , a loaf of bread will have been made . It is through the agency of man's labour that these utilities are embodied in mate ...
... quantity of water and yeast , and when he has brought the mixture within the influence of the requisite heat , a loaf of bread will have been made . It is through the agency of man's labour that these utilities are embodied in mate ...
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... that time just so much of the wheat as each individual owner intends to employ produc- tively is capital . But this affords no correct estimate of the quantity of this wealth which will be ultimately em- 18 Manual of Political Economy .
... that time just so much of the wheat as each individual owner intends to employ produc- tively is capital . But this affords no correct estimate of the quantity of this wealth which will be ultimately em- 18 Manual of Political Economy .
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Page 519 - 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.
Page 519 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Page 520 - Thirdly, by the forfeitures and other penalties which those unfortunate individuals incur who attempt unsuccessfully to evade the tax, it may frequently ruin them, and thereby put an end to the benefit which the community might have received from the employment of their capitals.
Page 182 - Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.
Page 551 - Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.