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... interest on capital , compensation for risk , and wages of superintendence — The rate of interest the same in all trades in the same country and at the same time - The rate of interest declines with the increase of popu- lation - High ...
... interest on capital , compensation for risk , and wages of superintendence — The rate of interest the same in all trades in the same country and at the same time - The rate of interest declines with the increase of popu- lation - High ...
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... cost so much per head as the housing of a smaller number . The principal advantage of small farming is that the farmer ... interest prompting the farmer to the most strenuous exertions . A distinction between peasant proprietors and ...
... cost so much per head as the housing of a smaller number . The principal advantage of small farming is that the farmer ... interest prompting the farmer to the most strenuous exertions . A distinction between peasant proprietors and ...
Page 40
... price " are properly understood , and until the causes which regulate the ... price , and cost of production , and to state the causes which determine the ... interest , one of the most powerful of all the incentives to exertion , is ...
... price " are properly understood , and until the causes which regulate the ... price , and cost of production , and to state the causes which determine the ... interest , one of the most powerful of all the incentives to exertion , is ...
Page 72
... price of agricultural produce . The Profits of Capital . It will not be possible here to state the various agencies which produce the average rate ... interest of capital in all trades in the same country and at the same time approximate to ...
... price of agricultural produce . The Profits of Capital . It will not be possible here to state the various agencies which produce the average rate ... interest of capital in all trades in the same country and at the same time approximate to ...
Page 73
... rate of interest is said to be 10 per cent . In most countries the average rate of interest is much lower ; in England it is about 3 per cent . The relation between Profits and Prices . It must always be remembered that the reward of ...
... rate of interest is said to be 10 per cent . In most countries the average rate of interest is much lower ; in England it is about 3 per cent . The relation between Profits and Prices . It must always be remembered that the reward of ...
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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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