Rudimentary Economics for Schools and CollegesLeach, Shewell, & Sanborn, 1890 - 211 стор. |
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... seen that there are some things which have the greatest utility , and at the same time have little or no value they are such objects as cost nothing ; that is , such as involve no labor in their production . Thus air and sun- shine ...
... seen that there are some things which have the greatest utility , and at the same time have little or no value they are such objects as cost nothing ; that is , such as involve no labor in their production . Thus air and sun- shine ...
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... seen , an object destitute of utility can have no value . Mr. Carey's description of the two is , that " the utility of things is the measure of man's power over nature ; " while value is " the measure of nature's power over man , " or ...
... seen , an object destitute of utility can have no value . Mr. Carey's description of the two is , that " the utility of things is the measure of man's power over nature ; " while value is " the measure of nature's power over man , " or ...
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... seen that nature furnishes the material upon which labor is to be exerted , and the efficient forces through which production is effected . These materials and forces are supplied gratui- tously . Nature is not parsimonious in this ...
... seen that nature furnishes the material upon which labor is to be exerted , and the efficient forces through which production is effected . These materials and forces are supplied gratui- tously . Nature is not parsimonious in this ...
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... seen in the mechanical arts . Leather is transformed into shoes , cloth into garments , and lumber into houses and cabinet - ware . Changes in place are seen when a commodity is produced in one locality , and desired in another where it ...
... seen in the mechanical arts . Leather is transformed into shoes , cloth into garments , and lumber into houses and cabinet - ware . Changes in place are seen when a commodity is produced in one locality , and desired in another where it ...
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... seen in the manufacture of implements which the direct laborer uses . The farmer must have ploughs , cultivators , carts , etc .; each of the makers of these must also have tools to work with and so on , back to the simplest forms of ...
... seen in the manufacture of implements which the direct laborer uses . The farmer must have ploughs , cultivators , carts , etc .; each of the makers of these must also have tools to work with and so on , back to the simplest forms of ...
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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.