 | John Skorupski - 1998 - 612 стор.
...economies.25 Mill takes his text from Arthur Young: "The magic of property turns sand into gold. . . . Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine-year's lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert" (Principles of Political Economy,... | |
 | Gunnar Eliasson, Nils Karlson - 308 стор.
...sentiments regarding the superiority of ownership over tenancy. Arthur Young (1741-1820) who wrote "Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine year lease on a garden and he will turn it into a desert" (Hardin, 1993, p 216) is a typical example.... | |
 | Michael Perelman - 2000 - 428 стор.
...he did not mean that peasants who worked on their own account were lazy. Young himself had written, "Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden" (ibid., 45). With a revealing turn of a phrase, Young recalled, "I saw nothing respectable on small... | |
 | William H. Pivar - 2003 - 301 стор.
...attractive to conservative investors. It might result in a higher sale price. CHAPTER Selling Your Property Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden, give him a nine-year lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. The magic of property turns sand... | |
 | Robert Corfe - 2005 - 396 стор.
...analysis. 16-12 17-2 CHAPTER 17 The Socialism of Industrialists "Give a man a secure possession of bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years lease of a garden, and he will turn it into a desert. . . . The magic of property turns... | |
 | James R. Otteson - 2006 - 341 стор.
...they stay alive and are used properly. As Arthur \oung said in the eighteenth century, "Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years' lease of a garden and he will turn it into a desert." There are many other examples one... | |
 | Gregory Clark - 2008 - 432 стор.
...all incentive for people to invest in better technology. 17. Mokyr, 1990. 8 Institutions and Growth Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden. . . . The magic of PROPERTY turns sand to gold. — Arthur Young (1787)' The popular misconception... | |
 | Robert Corfe - 2008 - 328 стор.
...false analysis. CHAPTER l7 The Social Capitalism of Industrialists "Give a man a secure possession of bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years lease of a garden, and he will turn it into a desert. . . . The magic of property turns... | |
 | John Stuart Mackenzie - 1928 - 390 стор.
...Arthur Young1 about this has, I suppose, not lost its force: 'Give a man the secure possession of a rock, and he will turn it into a garden. Give him a nine years' lease, and he will convert it into a desert.' The desire to hand down the garden that has been created to... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1870 - 586 стор.
...than to any absence of the abuse of power. " The great authority, Arthur Young, says, ' Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into n garden.' In this I ngree ; but further on he says, ' Give a man a nine years' lease of a garden,... | |
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Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him * Arthur Young's Trtnelt m francl, ml. ip 88. « Ibid. p. 61. a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. 
