Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy, Том 2J. W. Parker and son, 1857 - 582 стор. |
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... equivalent . 5. Should the issue of bank notes be confined to a single establishment ? ... 216 230 232 6. Should the holders of notes be protected in any peculiar manner against failure of payment ? . CHAPTER XXV . Of the Competition of ...
... equivalent . 5. Should the issue of bank notes be confined to a single establishment ? ... 216 230 232 6. Should the holders of notes be protected in any peculiar manner against failure of payment ? . CHAPTER XXV . Of the Competition of ...
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... equivalent given for the use of capital , or in other words , interest , is not only called the interest of money , but , by a grosser perversion of terms , the value of money . This mis- application of language , assisted by some ...
... equivalent given for the use of capital , or in other words , interest , is not only called the interest of money , but , by a grosser perversion of terms , the value of money . This mis- application of language , assisted by some ...
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... equivalent expres- sions . We shall proceed to illustrate this proposition more fully . And in doing this , the reader will remark a great difference between the class of questions which now occupy us , and those which we previously had ...
... equivalent expres- sions . We shall proceed to illustrate this proposition more fully . And in doing this , the reader will remark a great difference between the class of questions which now occupy us , and those which we previously had ...
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... equivalent . This , it must be observed , is a property peculiar to money . We did not find it to be true of commodities generally , that every diminution of supply raised the value exactly in pro- portion to the deficiency , or that ...
... equivalent . This , it must be observed , is a property peculiar to money . We did not find it to be true of commodities generally , that every diminution of supply raised the value exactly in pro- portion to the deficiency , or that ...
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... equivalent for the labour and expense of mining , and for the risks attending a branch of industry in which nine out of ten experiments have usually been failures . A part of the mass of floating capital which is on the look - out for ...
... equivalent for the labour and expense of mining , and for the risks attending a branch of industry in which nine out of ten experiments have usually been failures . A part of the mass of floating capital which is on the look - out for ...
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Сторінка 325 - ... superfluous tree rooted out, and scarcely a place left where a wild shrub or flower could grow without being eradicated as a weed in the name of improved agriculture. If the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness...
Сторінка 557 - There are matters in which the interference of law is required, not to overrule the judgment of individuals respecting their own interest, but to give effect to that judgment; they being unable to give effect to it except by concert, which concert again cannot be effectual unless it receives validity and sanction from the law.
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Сторінка 368 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Сторінка 562 - ... admitted to be right that human beings should help one another ; and the more so, in proportion to the urgency of the need : and none needs help so urgently as one who is starving. The claim to help, therefore, created by destitution, is one of the strongest which can exist ; and there is...
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