Political Economy for High Schools and AcademiesGinn, 1895 - 108 стор. |
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... increase the food supply . It was the same increase of population which made the adoption of better methods possible . A single man , or a mere handful of men , is unable to achieve the conquest of nature we call civiliza- tion . When a ...
... increase the food supply . It was the same increase of population which made the adoption of better methods possible . A single man , or a mere handful of men , is unable to achieve the conquest of nature we call civiliza- tion . When a ...
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... - wells began to give out . 11. It is not always true that value falls proportionally to an increase of the supply . If new uses are found for the article , and a greater demand thus created , its 1271 POLITICAL ECONOMY .
... - wells began to give out . 11. It is not always true that value falls proportionally to an increase of the supply . If new uses are found for the article , and a greater demand thus created , its 1271 POLITICAL ECONOMY .
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... increase . Thus between 1492 and 1792 the supply of Gold and Silver coin in Europe increased thirty- fold by importation from America . Their value , however , fell not to one - thirtieth , but to one - twelfth of what it had been ...
... increase . Thus between 1492 and 1792 the supply of Gold and Silver coin in Europe increased thirty- fold by importation from America . Their value , however , fell not to one - thirtieth , but to one - twelfth of what it had been ...
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... increase of numbers and of industrial association , which this makes possible . The more people in a country , the larger should be the share of necessaries which falls to each . Men pass from worse to better in land , labor and food ...
... increase of numbers and of industrial association , which this makes possible . The more people in a country , the larger should be the share of necessaries which falls to each . Men pass from worse to better in land , labor and food ...
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... increase of food and clothing obtained , does not stop with his entrance upon farming . As he acquires more power through the increase of numbers and of intelligence , and through the association with his fellows thus made possible , he ...
... increase of food and clothing obtained , does not stop with his entrance upon farming . As he acquires more power through the increase of numbers and of intelligence , and through the association with his fellows thus made possible , he ...
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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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Сторінка 95 - But it cannot be expected that individuals should, at their own risk, or rather to their certain loss, introduce a new manufacture, and bear the...
Сторінка 95 - ... from having begun it sooner. There may be no inherent advantage on one part, or disadvantage on the other, but only a present superiority of acquired skill and experience. A country which has this skill and experience yet to acquire, may in other respects be better adapted to the production than those which were earlier in the field ; and besides, it is a just remark of Mr.
Сторінка 23 - At the root of much of the poverty of the people of India, and of the risks to which they are exposed in seasons of scarcity, lies the unfortunate circumstance that agriculture forms almost the sole occupation of the mass of the population...
Сторінка 23 - ... no remedy for present evils can be complete which does not include the introduction of a diversity of occupations, through which the surplus population may be drawn from agricultural pursuits and led to find the means of subsistence in manufactures or some such employments.