An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1G. Walker, 1822 - 47 páginas |
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Adam Smith. " permission of exporting , he said , rendered the demand for silver bullion greater than the de- mand for silver coin . But the number of people who want silver coin for the common uses of buying and selling at home , is ...
Adam Smith. " permission of exporting , he said , rendered the demand for silver bullion greater than the de- mand for silver coin . But the number of people who want silver coin for the common uses of buying and selling at home , is ...
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... demand . With all their attention , however , they sometimes over - do the business , and sometimes under - do it . When they import more bullion than is wanted , rather than incur the risk and trouble of exporting it again , they are ...
... demand . With all their attention , however , they sometimes over - do the business , and sometimes under - do it . When they import more bullion than is wanted , rather than incur the risk and trouble of exporting it again , they are ...
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... demand a rent even for its natural produce . The wood of the forest , the grass of the field , and all the natural fruits of the earth , which , when land was in common , cost the labourer only the trouble of gathering them , come even ...
... demand a rent even for its natural produce . The wood of the forest , the grass of the field , and all the natural fruits of the earth , which , when land was in common , cost the labourer only the trouble of gathering them , come even ...
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... demand the effectual demand ; since it may be sufficient to effectuate the bringing of the com- modity to market . It is different from the abso- lute demand . A very poor man may be said in some sense to have a demand for a coach and ...
... demand the effectual demand ; since it may be sufficient to effectuate the bringing of the com- modity to market . It is different from the abso- lute demand . A very poor man may be said in some sense to have a demand for a coach and ...
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... demand , it cannot be all sold to those who are willing to pay the whole value of the rent , wages , and profit , which must be paid in order to bring it thither . Some part must be sold to those who are willing to pay less , and the ...
... demand , it cannot be all sold to those who are willing to pay the whole value of the rent , wages , and profit , which must be paid in order to bring it thither . Some part must be sold to those who are willing to pay less , and the ...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Parte1 Adam Smith Vista completa - 1901 |
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1 Adam Smith Vista completa - 1910 |
An Inqury Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1 Adam Smith Vista completa - 1801 |
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Página 200 - 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 188 - 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.
Página 21 - 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 7 - But in the way in which this business in now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head...
Página 19 - ... without the assistance and co-operation of many thousands, the very meanest person in a civilized country could not be provided, even according to what we very falsely imagine, the easy and simple manner in which he is commonly accommodated.
Página 74 - 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 183 - 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 72 - In this state of things, the whole produce of labour belongs to the labourer; and the quantity of labour commonly employed in acquiring or producing any commodity is the only circumstance which can regulate the quantity of labour which it ought commonly to purchase, command, or exchange for. As soon as stock has accumulated in the hands of particular persons, some of them will naturally employ it in setting to work industrious people, whom they will supply with materials and subsistence, in order...
Página 484 - The gold and silver money which circulates in any country may very properly be compared to a highway, which, while it circulates and carries to market all the grass and corn of the country, produces itself not a single pile of either.
Página 423 - ... into three parts; the rent of land, the wages of labour, and the profits of stock: and constitutes a revenue to three different orders of people; to those who live by rent...