An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson, Edinburgh, 1809 |
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Página 35
... shilling , and either the penny on the one hand , or the pound on the other , seems not to have been so constant and uniform as that between the penny and the pound . During the first race of the kings of France , the French sou or shilling ...
... shilling , and either the penny on the one hand , or the pound on the other , seems not to have been so constant and uniform as that between the penny and the pound . During the first race of the kings of France , the French sou or shilling ...
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... the denomination of the English coin has undergone little or no alteration , and the same number of pounds , shillings , and pence , have contained very nearly the same quantity of pure sil- ver CH . V. 45 OF COMMODITIES .
... the denomination of the English coin has undergone little or no alteration , and the same number of pounds , shillings , and pence , have contained very nearly the same quantity of pure sil- ver CH . V. 45 OF COMMODITIES .
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... shillings the quarter . But when corn is at the latter price , not only the nominal , but the real value of a corn rent , will be double of what it is when at the former , or will command double the quantity either of labour , or of the ...
... shillings the quarter . But when corn is at the latter price , not only the nominal , but the real value of a corn rent , will be double of what it is when at the former , or will command double the quantity either of labour , or of the ...
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... shillings , or be a legal tender for a debt of that amount . In this state of things , and during the continuance of any one regulated proportion of this kind , the distinc- tion between the metal which is the standard , and that which ...
... shillings , or be a legal tender for a debt of that amount . In this state of things , and during the continuance of any one regulated proportion of this kind , the distinc- tion between the metal which is the standard , and that which ...
Página 54
... shilling , they are in the market considered as worth a shilling , and a shilling can at any time be had for them . Even before the late re- formation of the gold coin of Great Britain , the ... shillings , 54 B. I REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE.
... shilling , they are in the market considered as worth a shilling , and a shilling can at any time be had for them . Even before the late re- formation of the gold coin of Great Britain , the ... shillings , 54 B. I REAL AND NOMINAL PRICE.
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Página 177 - People of the same trade seldom meet together even for merriment and diversion but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public or in some contrivance to raise prices.
Página 19 - It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.
Página 75 - The market price of every particular commodity is regulated by the proportion between the quantity which is actually brought to market, and the demand of those who are willing to pay the natural price of the commodity...
Página 167 - The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man...
Página 21 - The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education.
Página 66 - As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
Página 134 - THE whole of the advantages and disadvantages of the different employments of labour and stock* must, in the same neighbourhood, be either perfectly equal, or continually tending to equality.
Página 18 - Whether this propensity be one of those original principles in human nature, of which no further account can be given; or whether, as seems more probable, it be the necessary consequence of the faculties of reason and speech, it belongs not to our present subject to enquire.
Página 14 - Each individual becomes more expert in his own peculiar branch, more work is done upon the whole, and the quantity of science is considerably increased by it.
Página 2 - ... than the greater part of those who work; yet the produce of the whole labour of the society is so great, that all are often abundantly supplied, and a workman, even of the lowest and poorest order, if he is frugal and industrious, may enjoy a greater share of the necessaries and conveniences of life than it is possible for any savage to acquire.