Political Economy for High Schools and AcademiesGinn, 1895 - 108 стор. |
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... effects of a new supply of money set men athinking as to the reasons for the great change this made . First money was the chief thought ; then agriculture . Adam Smith founded the school of " natural liberty , " whose teachings came ...
... effects of a new supply of money set men athinking as to the reasons for the great change this made . First money was the chief thought ; then agriculture . Adam Smith founded the school of " natural liberty , " whose teachings came ...
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... effect a workman could buy twice as much with his wages in 1880 as in 1860 , while the rate of profit for capital had not risen , and that of interest on money had fallen . 15. Improvements in general , therefore , and machinery in ...
... effect a workman could buy twice as much with his wages in 1880 as in 1860 , while the rate of profit for capital had not risen , and that of interest on money had fallen . 15. Improvements in general , therefore , and machinery in ...
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... effect this sometimes inflict temporary hardship on the working classes , but permanently benefit them . these make labor more monotonous and less educative , the reduction of the length of the working day is reasonable . Not so ...
... effect this sometimes inflict temporary hardship on the working classes , but permanently benefit them . these make labor more monotonous and less educative , the reduction of the length of the working day is reasonable . Not so ...
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... effect is to put up prices ; and if it lose a part of its supply of money , the only effect will be to lower prices . This lower- ing of prices , they say , will lead people to bring Silver and Gold from other countries to buy at these ...
... effect is to put up prices ; and if it lose a part of its supply of money , the only effect will be to lower prices . This lower- ing of prices , they say , will lead people to bring Silver and Gold from other countries to buy at these ...
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... effect of this loss was the general restriction of industrial enterprise , causing the deep poverty of nearly all Europe . Flanders ( northern Belgium ) was the only really prosperous country , and that because it attracted the money of ...
... effect of this loss was the general restriction of industrial enterprise , causing the deep poverty of nearly all Europe . Flanders ( northern Belgium ) was the only really prosperous country , and that because it attracted the money of ...
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ad valorem Adam Smith America amount balance of trade bank-notes better capitalist CHAPTER cheap classes clothing coin coinage commodities consumer cost cotton crops debt demand direct tax discount duty employers employment England English Europe exchange export fall famines farmer farming favor foreign commerce free competition Free Trade GINN & COMPANY give Gold and Silver greenbacks growth Holy Alliance imports improvement increase India industries interest Ireland issue keep kind labor expended land less machinery manufactures ment metals National natural needed neighborhood nomic notes paid paper money payment Political Economy poorer population produce profits Protection Protectionist railroads rates schools Scotch banks secure sell ships Silver and Gold Silver Certificate social society soil Spain square mile supply Tariff taxation tends things tillage Treasury true unearned increment wages wheat workingmen workmen
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