An Attempt to Define Some of the First Principles of Political EconomyJ.M. Richardson, 1821 - 222 páginas |
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... equal , celebrity . Although their theory has been sanctioned by the legislature of the country , yet , on the practical application , considerable difficulties have occurred ; and it has not met with that general support and avowed ac ...
... equal , celebrity . Although their theory has been sanctioned by the legislature of the country , yet , on the practical application , considerable difficulties have occurred ; and it has not met with that general support and avowed ac ...
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... equal to the three points before I will make the exchange . " In this manner , exchanges will be found to have been settled , in every coun- try , from the earliest records of time . The first idea that appears to have been adopt- ed ...
... equal to the three points before I will make the exchange . " In this manner , exchanges will be found to have been settled , in every coun- try , from the earliest records of time . The first idea that appears to have been adopt- ed ...
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... equal in value to a bar of iron , constituted , in the traders ' phraseology , a bar of that particular merchandise . Twenty leaves of tobacco , for instance , were con- sidered as a bar of tobacco , and a gallon of spirits ( or rather ...
... equal in value to a bar of iron , constituted , in the traders ' phraseology , a bar of that particular merchandise . Twenty leaves of tobacco , for instance , were con- sidered as a bar of tobacco , and a gallon of spirits ( or rather ...
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... equal parts , invented for measuring the respective value of things vendible . " Money of account , therefore , is quite a different thing from money coin , and might exist , although there was no such thing in the world as any ...
... equal parts , invented for measuring the respective value of things vendible . " Money of account , therefore , is quite a different thing from money coin , and might exist , although there was no such thing in the world as any ...
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... equal , or nearly equal , in value to the amount they passed for , the party receiving them actually received an equivalent for the article he gave for them , an equivalent which he knew would be , at all times , taken from him , in ...
... equal , or nearly equal , in value to the amount they passed for , the party receiving them actually received an equivalent for the article he gave for them , an equivalent which he knew would be , at all times , taken from him , in ...
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advantage amount appears articles of merchandise articles of necessity asserted assignats Bank of England Bank of Ireland bank-notes barter become betwixt bills of exchange borrowed capital CHAP circulating medium clothing commerce commodities consequence continued contrary coun cultivated debt demand depreciated dium division of labour doctrine doubloons earth employed equivalent exist exported fixed forced paper money former gold and silver gold bullion gold coins grain greater guineas increase inhabitants instances intercourse invariable issued to represent land manufac manufactures measure of value ment merchant mode nations nature necessary notes paid pass payment peace perfectly political economy pound sterling pound weight precious metals price of gold principal proportion purchase quantity of gold rate of exchange received riches shillings silver bullion society standard of value standard unit superabundance symbols or tokens take place taxes thing tion trade troy weight ture wealth weight woollen
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Página 16 - How many merchants and carriers, besides, must have been employed in transporting the materials from some of those workmen to others who often live in a very distant part of the country! How much commerce and navigation in particular, how many ship-builders, sailors, sail-makers, rope-makers, must have been employed in order to bring together the different drugs made use of by the dyer, which often come from the remotest corners of the world!
Página 3 - Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; '•' Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat of the herb of the field.
Página 17 - ... if we examine, I say, all these things, and consider what a variety of labour is employed about each of them, we shall be sensible that without the assistance and cooperation of many thousands, the very meanest person in a civilized country could not be provided, even according to, what we very falsely imagine, the easy and simple manner in which he is commonly accommodated.
Página 17 - ... of his kitchen, all the furniture of his table, the knives and forks, the earthen or pewter plates upon which he serves up and divides his victuals, the different hands employed in preparing his bread and his beer, the glass window which lets in the heat and the light, and keeps out the wind and the rain...
Página 3 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 164 - The whole of the advantages and disadvantages of the different employments of labour and stock must, in the same neighbourhood, be either perfectly equal or continually tending to equality.
Página 12 - The separation of different trades and employments from one another, seems to have taken place, in consequence of this advantage. This separation too is generally carried furthest in those countries which enjoy the highest degree of industry and improvement; what is the work of one man in a rude state of society, being generally that of several in an improved one. In every improved society, the farmer is generally nothing but a farmer; the manufacturer, nothing but a manufacturer.
Página 17 - Were we to examine, in the same manner, all the different parts of his dress and household furniture, the coarse linen shirt which he wears next his skin, the shoes which cover his feet, the bed which he lies on, and all the different parts which compose it, the...
Página 15 - The woollen coat, for example, which covers the day-labourer, as coarse and rough as it may appear, is the produce of the joint labour of a great multitude of workmen. The shepherd, the sorter of the wool, the wool-comber or carder, the dyer, the scribbler, the spinner, the weaver, the fuller, the dresser, with many others, must all join their different arts in order to complete even this homely production. How many...
Página 16 - ... to form that very simple machine, the shears with which the shepherd clips the wool. The miner, the builder of the furnace for smelting the ore, the feller of the timber, the burner of the charcoal to be made use of in the smeltinghouse, the brick-maker, the brick-layer, the workmen who attend the furnace, the mill-wright, the forger, the smith, must all of them join their different arts in order to produce them.