Political Economy for High Schools and AcademiesGinn, 1895 - 108 стор. |
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... Pennsylvania oil - 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 .
... Pennsylvania oil - 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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... true , will work harder if he has to earn his rent than if he had only to get his living out of the soil . But the average farmer needs no such spur to industry ; and it con- tributes to the Nation's welfare to have land owned by those ...
... true , will work harder if he has to earn his rent than if he had only to get his living out of the soil . But the average farmer needs no such spur to industry ; and it con- tributes to the Nation's welfare to have land owned by those ...
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... true , indeed , that the amount of produce ( or its equiv- alent in money ) is larger than was paid formerly . But in most cases it will be found that the share of the harvest which the landlord takes in rent is diminished . The only ...
... true , indeed , that the amount of produce ( or its equiv- alent in money ) is larger than was paid formerly . But in most cases it will be found that the share of the harvest which the landlord takes in rent is diminished . The only ...
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... true . All the foreign countries which have had great famines in recent times , have been merely agricultural coun- tries . Ireland , India , China , Persia , Asia Minor , Russia , northern Sweden are instances . At home we have had ...
... true . All the foreign countries which have had great famines in recent times , have been merely agricultural coun- tries . Ireland , India , China , Persia , Asia Minor , Russia , northern Sweden are instances . At home we have had ...
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... true is it that capital requires the help of labor to produce anything . The wealthy man may live indeed on what he has accumulated until it is exhausted ; but if he wishes to keep up his stock or add to it , he must do this either by ...
... true is it that capital requires the help of labor to produce anything . The wealthy man may live indeed on what he has accumulated until it is exhausted ; but if he wishes to keep up his stock or add to it , he must do this either by ...
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Сторінка 2 - When the oldest cask is opened, And the largest lamp is lit ; When the chestnuts glow in the embers, And the kid turns on the spit ; When young and old in circle Around the firebrands close ; When the girls are weaving baskets, And the lads are shaping bows ; When the goodman mends his armour, And trims his helmet's plume ; When the goodwife's shuttle merrily Goes flashing through the loom ; With weeping and with laughter Still is the story told, How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days...
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.