Rudimentary Economics for Schools and CollegesLeach, Shewell, & Sanborn, 1890 - 211 стор. |
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... iron , of steel . - 4 . Corroborated by facts CHAPTER VII . REMEDIES FOR LOW WAGES . PAGE 162 1 Possibility of remedies . - 2 . Can Government do any thing ? What it cannot and what it can do . - 3 . " Strikes . " Good and evil of them ...
... iron , of steel . - 4 . Corroborated by facts CHAPTER VII . REMEDIES FOR LOW WAGES . PAGE 162 1 Possibility of remedies . - 2 . Can Government do any thing ? What it cannot and what it can do . - 3 . " Strikes . " Good and evil of them ...
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... Iron is of very small value as compared with gold , and gold is of equally small utility as compared with iron . That utility is essential to value , is evident from the fact that no one would make any sacrifice for an object which ...
... Iron is of very small value as compared with gold , and gold is of equally small utility as compared with iron . That utility is essential to value , is evident from the fact that no one would make any sacrifice for an object which ...
Сторінка 52
... iron , the mildew of cotton and woollen fabrics , and the wearing away , by attrition , of gold , silver , and other metals ; also the destruction caused by vermin . Much of this may be prevented by the prudent foresight which sound ...
... iron , the mildew of cotton and woollen fabrics , and the wearing away , by attrition , of gold , silver , and other metals ; also the destruction caused by vermin . Much of this may be prevented by the prudent foresight which sound ...
Сторінка 53
... iron into hardware and cutlery . Unproductive con- sumption occurs both in the instances previously men- tioned , — of consumption by natural decay , and that which comes by accident , and in cases where gratification of de- sire is the ...
... iron into hardware and cutlery . Unproductive con- sumption occurs both in the instances previously men- tioned , — of consumption by natural decay , and that which comes by accident , and in cases where gratification of de- sire is the ...
Сторінка 76
... iron or leather , the difference of price occasioned by an over- stocked market is comparatively small . There are other cases of variation ; but these illustrations are , perhaps , all that are necessary . CHAPTER III . THE PROMOTION ...
... iron or leather , the difference of price occasioned by an over- stocked market is comparatively small . There are other cases of variation ; but these illustrations are , perhaps , all that are necessary . CHAPTER III . THE PROMOTION ...
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Сторінка iv - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
Сторінка 186 - When land of the third quality is taken into cultivation, rent immediately commences on the second, and it is regulated as before, by the difference in their productive powers. At the same time, the rent of the first quality will rise...
Сторінка 84 - ... the most wealthy capitalists to overwhelm all foreign competition in times of great depression, and thus to clear the way for the whole trade to step in when prices revive, and to carry on a great business before foreign capital can again accumulate to such an extent as to be able to establish a competition in prices with any chance of success.
Сторінка 84 - ... laboring classes generally, in the manufacturing districts of this country, and especially in the iron and coal districts, are very little aware of the extent to which they are often indebted for...
Сторінка 186 - ... Thus suppose land — No. 1, 2, 3, — to yield, with an equal employment of capital and labour, a net produce of 100, 90, and 80 quarters of corn. In a new country, where there is an abundance of fertile land compared with the population, and where therefore it is only necessary to cultivate No. 1, the whole net produce will belong to the cultivator, and will be the profits of the stock which he advances.
Сторінка 84 - ... great accumulations of capital could no longer be made which enable a few of the most wealthy capitalists to overwhelm all foreign competition in times of great depression...
Сторінка 83 - 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 185 - On the first settling of a country in which there is an abundance of rich and fertile land, a very small proportion of which is required to be cultivated for the support of the actual population...
Сторінка 185 - When in the progress of society, land of the second degree of fertility is taken into cultivation, rent immediately commences on that of the first quality, and the amount of that rent will depend on the difference in the quality of these two portions of land.
Сторінка 185 - It is only then because land is not unlimited in quantVy and uniform in quality, and because in the progress of population, land of an inferior quality, or less advantageously situated, is called into cultivation, that rent is ever paid for the use of it.