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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... Gold and Silver , why fitted for those purposes 3. Money a mere contrivance for facilitating exchanges , which does not affect the laws of Value · Page 3 . 5 8 CHAPTER VIII . Of the Value of Money , as dependent on Demand and Supply ...
... Gold and Silver , why fitted for those purposes 3. Money a mere contrivance for facilitating exchanges , which does not affect the laws of Value · Page 3 . 5 8 CHAPTER VIII . Of the Value of Money , as dependent on Demand and Supply ...
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... gold and silver , to serve this purpose . No other substances unite the necessary qualities in so great a degree , with so many subordinate advantages . Next to food and clothing , and in some climates even before clothing , the ...
... gold and silver , to serve this purpose . No other substances unite the necessary qualities in so great a degree , with so many subordinate advantages . Next to food and clothing , and in some climates even before clothing , the ...
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... gold and silver in the quality of divisi bility ; and are of very various qualities , not to be accurately discriminated without great trouble . Gold and silver are eminently divisible , and when pure , always of the same quality ; and ...
... gold and silver in the quality of divisi bility ; and are of very various qualities , not to be accurately discriminated without great trouble . Gold and silver are eminently divisible , and when pure , always of the same quality ; and ...
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... gold and silver ; but the great fall of their value after the discovery of America , is , as yet , the only authenticated instance ; and in this case the change was extremely gradual , being spread over a period of many years . When gold ...
... gold and silver ; but the great fall of their value after the discovery of America , is , as yet , the only authenticated instance ; and in this case the change was extremely gradual , being spread over a period of many years . When gold ...
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... gold or silver miner ) is derived from the precious metals . The pounds or shillings which a person receives weekly or yearly , are not what constitutes his income ; they are a sort of tickets or orders which he can present for payment ...
... gold or silver miner ) is derived from the precious metals . The pounds or shillings which a person receives weekly or yearly , are not what constitutes his income ; they are a sort of tickets or orders which he can present for payment ...
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