On the Principles of Political Economy, and TaxationJohn Murray, 1821 - 538 頁 |
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... less compensation which is paid for that labour . It has been observed by Adam Smith , that " the word Value has two different meanings , and some- times expresses the utility of some particular object , and sometimes the power of ...
... less compensation which is paid for that labour . It has been observed by Adam Smith , that " the word Value has two different meanings , and some- times expresses the utility of some particular object , and sometimes the power of ...
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... less valuable in proportion as more or less labour was bestowed on their produc- tion , has himself erected another standard measure of value , and speaks of things being more or less valuable , in proportion as they will exchange for ...
... less valuable in proportion as more or less labour was bestowed on their produc- tion , has himself erected another standard measure of value , and speaks of things being more or less valuable , in proportion as they will exchange for ...
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... less variable . Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctua- tions , from the discovery of new and more abun- dant mines ; but such discoveries are rare , and their effects , though powerful , are limited to pe- riods of ...
... less variable . Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctua- tions , from the discovery of new and more abun- dant mines ; but such discoveries are rare , and their effects , though powerful , are limited to pe- riods of ...
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... less quantity of all the commodities above enumerated , and many others ; and if , moreover , I found that by the discovery of a new and more fertile mine , or by the employment of machinery to great advantage , a given quantity of gold ...
... less quantity of all the commodities above enumerated , and many others ; and if , moreover , I found that by the discovery of a new and more fertile mine , or by the employment of machinery to great advantage , a given quantity of gold ...
第 11 頁
... less quantity of them , as well as of all other things , than before , it was correct to say that all things had remained stationary , and that gold only had varied ; but when corn and labour fall , things which we have selected to be ...
... less quantity of them , as well as of all other things , than before , it was correct to say that all things had remained stationary , and that gold only had varied ; but when corn and labour fall , things which we have selected to be ...
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第 344 頁 - What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of our own industry, employed in a way in which we have some advantage.
第 53 頁 - Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.
第 95 頁 - The friends of humanity cannot but wish that in all countries the labouring classes should have a taste for comforts and enjoyments, and that they should be stimulated by all legal means in their exertions to procure them. There cannot be a better security against a superabundant population.
第 200 頁 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
第 57 頁 - It is only, then, because land is not unlimited in quantity 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.
第 141 頁 - Gold and silver having been chosen for the general medium of circulation, they are, by the competition of commerce, distributed in such proportions amongst the different countries of the world, as to accommodate themselves to the natural traffic which would take place if no such metals existed, and the trade between countries were purely a trade of barter.
第 458 頁 - The chapter opens by reaffirming that it is the cost of production which must ultimately regulate the price of commodities, and not, as has been often said, the proportion between the supply and demand: the proportion between supply and demand may, indeed, for a time, affect the market value of a commodity, until it is supplied in greater or less abundance, according as the demand may have increased or diminished, but this effect will be only of temporary duration.
第 1 頁 - The things which have the greatest value in use have frequently little or no value in exchange; and, on the contrary, those which have the greatest value in exchange have frequently little or no value in use.
第 325 頁 - Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is employed in production, and consists of food, clothing, tools, raw materials, machinery, etc., necessary to give effect to labour.
第 3 頁 - The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.