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... employment of wealth -- Banks -Joint - stock companies - Bills of Exchange - Bill - discounting -Bills of exchange perform many of the functions of money— Bank notes - Cheques - The Clearing - house - Book credits- Credit influences ...
... employment of wealth -- Banks -Joint - stock companies - Bills of Exchange - Bill - discounting -Bills of exchange perform many of the functions of money— Bank notes - Cheques - The Clearing - house - Book credits- Credit influences ...
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... employment to another . 3rd , Suitable machinery is more likely to be invented , if the mind of the workman is concentrated on a special process . An illustration of the first advantage . The increased dex- terity of the labourer is by ...
... employment to another . 3rd , Suitable machinery is more likely to be invented , if the mind of the workman is concentrated on a special process . An illustration of the first advantage . The increased dex- terity of the labourer is by ...
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... employment ; for instance , in lifting a heavy weight or in hauling up an anchor , as in the example just given . and , Complex Cooperation ; or the cooperation which takes place when several persons help each other in dif- ferent ...
... employment ; for instance , in lifting a heavy weight or in hauling up an anchor , as in the example just given . and , Complex Cooperation ; or the cooperation which takes place when several persons help each other in dif- ferent ...
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... employment in other directions . In the second case it opens new fields of enterprise , which tend to absorb the labour set free by the introduction of machinery into other industries . The productive power of Labour is increased by the ...
... employment in other directions . In the second case it opens new fields of enterprise , which tend to absorb the labour set free by the introduction of machinery into other industries . The productive power of Labour is increased by the ...
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... employment , he can turn his hand to nothing else ; and he and his family soon become dependent on the rates , or on private charity . The Morality of the Labourer . The morality of the labourer is also an important agent in increasing ...
... employment , he can turn his hand to nothing else ; and he and his family soon become dependent on the rates , or on private charity . The Morality of the Labourer . The morality of the labourer is also an important agent in increasing ...
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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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