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... industrial organisation CHAPTER I. Value and Price . · 39-43 Definition of Value - Barter - Definition of Price - There can never be a general rise in values ; there may be a general rise in prices ...... 44-47 CHAPTER II . On Money ...
... industrial organisation CHAPTER I. Value and Price . · 39-43 Definition of Value - Barter - Definition of Price - There can never be a general rise in values ; there may be a general rise in prices ...... 44-47 CHAPTER II . On Money ...
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... industry of the farmer , it should be stated that the remarks just made apply much more powerfully in the case of peasant proprietors than in the case of peasant tenants . Nothing can be more depress- ing to the industry of the peasant ...
... industry of the farmer , it should be stated that the remarks just made apply much more powerfully in the case of peasant proprietors than in the case of peasant tenants . Nothing can be more depress- ing to the industry of the peasant ...
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... industry . " Labour then , in the physical world , is always and solely employed in putting objects in motion ; the properties of matter , the laws of nature , do the rest . " Take as an example the labour which is employed in building ...
... industry . " Labour then , in the physical world , is always and solely employed in putting objects in motion ; the properties of matter , the laws of nature , do the rest . " Take as an example the labour which is employed in building ...
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... industry , a very great number of them will probably become productive labourers . Is the inventor of a machine an unproductive labourer when by means of his invention the productiveness of other men's labour may be increased a ...
... industry , a very great number of them will probably become productive labourers . Is the inventor of a machine an unproductive labourer when by means of his invention the productiveness of other men's labour may be increased a ...
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... industrial processes . It will thus be seen that it is sometimes difficult to decide concerning any class of labourers whether their labour will prove pro- ductive or unproductive . Before a final decision can be given the result of ...
... industrial processes . It will thus be seen that it is sometimes difficult to decide concerning any class of labourers whether their labour will prove pro- ductive or unproductive . Before a final decision can be given the result of ...
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