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... rent , wages and profits - In different countries these different portions are owned by different com- binations of persons CHAPTER I. The Rent of Land . .93-94 A definition of Rent - Rent as regulated by competition - Ri- cardo's theory of ...
... rent , wages and profits - In different countries these different portions are owned by different com- binations of persons CHAPTER I. The Rent of Land . .93-94 A definition of Rent - Rent as regulated by competition - Ri- cardo's theory of ...
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... - tages of large and small farming . One of the prin- cipal advantages of large farming is that it makes the use of improved machinery much more available . A farmer who rents 800 acres will find it pay him 6 [ SECT . I. PRODUCTION .
... - tages of large and small farming . One of the prin- cipal advantages of large farming is that it makes the use of improved machinery much more available . A farmer who rents 800 acres will find it pay him 6 [ SECT . I. PRODUCTION .
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... rent raised . The peasant proprietor reaps all the fruit of his hard work himself ; whereas the peasant tenant often ... rents . Small tenant farm- ing must always be disadvantageous except in those cases in which the tenant holds a long ...
... rent raised . The peasant proprietor reaps all the fruit of his hard work himself ; whereas the peasant tenant often ... rents . Small tenant farm- ing must always be disadvantageous except in those cases in which the tenant holds a long ...
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... rent , wages , and profits . It is therefore pro- posed in this section to explain the meaning of the terms value , price , and cost of production , and to state the causes which determine the value of three classes of com- modities ...
... rent , wages , and profits . It is therefore pro- posed in this section to explain the meaning of the terms value , price , and cost of production , and to state the causes which determine the value of three classes of com- modities ...
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... rent , and without raising the price of agricultural produce . The Profits of Capital . It will not be possible here to state the various agencies which produce the average rate of profit at different times and in different countries ...
... rent , and without raising the price of agricultural produce . The Profits of Capital . It will not be possible here to state the various agencies which produce the average rate of profit at different times and in different countries ...
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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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