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Page xi
... competition - Ri- cardo's theory of Rent - The margin of cultivation - The effect of increased population on the position in the scale of pro- ductiveness of the margin of cultivation - Population not a measure of national prosperity ...
... competition - Ri- cardo's theory of Rent - The margin of cultivation - The effect of increased population on the position in the scale of pro- ductiveness of the margin of cultivation - Population not a measure of national prosperity ...
Page xii
... competition on wages - Charitable dona- tions and poor - law relief frequently check the operation of competition - Competition is almost inoperative among agri- cultural labourers - Adam Smith's five causes which produce different ...
... competition on wages - Charitable dona- tions and poor - law relief frequently check the operation of competition - Competition is almost inoperative among agri- cultural labourers - Adam Smith's five causes which produce different ...
Page 34
... competition in the labour market must cause a fall in wages . The injury to the labourer is , however , only temporary in most instances , where circulating capital has been converted into fixed capital . The introduction of ma- chinery ...
... competition in the labour market must cause a fall in wages . The injury to the labourer is , however , only temporary in most instances , where circulating capital has been converted into fixed capital . The introduction of ma- chinery ...
Page 56
... - bourer is wages ; the reward of the abstinence and risk of the capitalist is profits . It is evident that where the competition of labour and capital is such as to ensure 56 EXCHANGE OF WEALTH . [ SECT . II . The Value of Commodities.
... - bourer is wages ; the reward of the abstinence and risk of the capitalist is profits . It is evident that where the competition of labour and capital is such as to ensure 56 EXCHANGE OF WEALTH . [ SECT . II . The Value of Commodities.
Page 57
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. competition of labour and capital is such as to ensure that the amount of wages and ... compete against each other for the purchase of the house . CHAP . III . ] THE VALUE OF COMMODITIES . 57.
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. competition of labour and capital is such as to ensure that the amount of wages and ... compete against each other for the purchase of the house . CHAP . III . ] THE VALUE OF COMMODITIES . 57.
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advantage agricultural produce amount Bank Charter Act bank notes Bank of England bills of exchange BOOK capital and labour capitalist causes cent cheques circumstances classes cloth College commodities competition consequently corn cost of production cotton Crown 8vo decrease demand economic economic rent effect employed employment English example exports Extra fcap farmer France FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE gold and silver GRAMMAR HISTORY Illustrations income income-tax increased industry instance J. M. D. MEIKLEJOHN King's College School labour and capital land land-tax landlord levied London and Westminster manufactured margin of cultivation modities paid panic permanent poor rate population price of agricultural production of wealth Professor quantity rate of interest rate of profit rate of wages regulated rent School Shew supply taxation Third Edition tion trade value of gold value of money W. W. SKEAT wages and profits wages of labour wages-fund Westminster Bank wheat workmen
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