Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy, Volumen1Colonial Press, 1900 |
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... greater energy of labor .... 4 . superior skill and knowledge ..... 5 . superiority of intelligence and trustworthiness in the com- munity generally ... - 6. superior security 99 100 102 104 106 • III Chapter VIII . Of Co - operation ...
... greater energy of labor .... 4 . superior skill and knowledge ..... 5 . superiority of intelligence and trustworthiness in the com- munity generally ... - 6. superior security 99 100 102 104 106 • III Chapter VIII . Of Co - operation ...
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... greater stability , the fixity of personal position , which this state of society afforded , in comparison with the Asiatic polity to which it economically corresponded , was one main reason why it was also found more favorable to ...
... greater stability , the fixity of personal position , which this state of society afforded , in comparison with the Asiatic polity to which it economically corresponded , was one main reason why it was also found more favorable to ...
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... greater than in the production . There are great differences in the condition of the poorest class in different countries ; and in the proportional numbers and opulence of the classes which are above the poor- est . The very nature and ...
... greater than in the production . There are great differences in the condition of the poorest class in different countries ; and in the proportional numbers and opulence of the classes which are above the poor- est . The very nature and ...
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... greater still between the fleece of a sheep , or a handful of cotton seeds , and a web of muslin or broadcloth ; and the sheep and seeds themselves are not spon- taneous growths , but results of previous labor and care . In these ...
... greater still between the fleece of a sheep , or a handful of cotton seeds , and a web of muslin or broadcloth ; and the sheep and seeds themselves are not spon- taneous growths , but results of previous labor and care . In these ...
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... greater abundance than would be applied to present use even if they could be obtained gratis . Fisheries , in the sea , are in most cases a gift of nature practically unlimited in amount ; but the Arctic whale fisheries have long been ...
... greater abundance than would be applied to present use even if they could be obtained gratis . Fisheries , in the sea , are in most cases a gift of nature practically unlimited in amount ; but the Arctic whale fisheries have long been ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Adam Smith advantage agricultural amount Arthur Young capital capitalist causes circulating capital competition condition considerable consumed consumption cultivation degree demand desire of accumulation diminished duction effect employment England equal equivalent erally exertion exist expense farmer favorable flax France funds greater gross produce habits human hundred quarters idle class improvement increase individual industry instruments Ireland kind labor employed laboring classes land landlord less limited maintain maize mankind manufactures manure material means ment métayer mode necessary objects obtained occupation operations paid peasant peasant proprietors persons plough political economy Poor Law population portion possession present principle productive consumers productive labor productive power profit proportion quantity quired remuneration render rent require saving slavery small farms society soil subsistence sufficient supply suppose surplus taxes things tillage tion tivation tive Tuscany unless unproductive wages wealth whole workmen
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Página 197 - It is not so with the Distribution of Wealth. That is a matter of human institution solely. The things once there, mankind, individually or collectively, can do with them as they like.
Página 273 - Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.
Página 373 - A mason or bricklayer, on the contrary, can work neither in hard frost nor in foul weather, and his employment at all other times depends upon the occasional calls of his customers. He is liable, in consequence, to be frequently without any. What he earns, therefore, while he is employed, must not only maintain him while he is idle, but make him some compensation for those anxious and desponding" moments which the thought of so precarious a situation must sometimes occasion.
Página 3 - It often happens that the universal belief of one age of mankind — a belief from which no one was, nor without an extraordinary effort of genius and courage, could at that time be free — becomes to a subsequent age so palpable an absurdity, that the only difficulty then is to imagine how such a thing can ever have appeared credible.
Página 422 - every speculation respecting the economical interests of a society thus constituted implies some theory of Value : the smallest error on that subject infects with corresponding error all our other conclusions ; and anything vague or misty in our conception of it creates confusion and uncertainty in everything
Página 122 - ... the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.
Página 293 - The landlord is no doubt liable in the end to suffer from their poverty, by being forced to make advances to them, especially in bad seasons ; and a foresight of this ultimate inconvenience may operate beneficially on such landlords as prefer future security to present profit. The characteristic disadvantage of the metayer system is very fairly stated by Adam Smith.
Página 337 - The condition of the class can be bettered in no other way than by altering that proportion to their advantage ; and every scheme for their benefit which does not proceed on this as its foundation, is, for all permanent purposes, a delusion.
Página 311 - ... of all vulgar modes of escaping from the consideration of the effect of social and moral influences on the human mind, the most vulgar is that of attributing the diversities of conduct and character to inherent natural differences.
Página 404 - The fact, however, remains, that in the whole process of production, beginning with the materials and tools, and ending with the finished product, all the advances have consisted of nothing but wages ; except that certain of the capitalists concerned have, for the sake of general convenience, had their share of profit paid to them before the operation was completed. Whatever, of the ultimate product, is not profit, is repayment of wages.