An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1G. Walker, 1822 - 47 páginas |
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... quantity of science is considerably increased by it . It is the great multiplication of the produc tions of all the ... quantity of his own work to dispose of beyond what he himself has occasion for ; and every other work- man being ...
... quantity of science is considerably increased by it . It is the great multiplication of the produc tions of all the ... quantity of his own work to dispose of beyond what he himself has occasion for ; and every other work- man being ...
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... quantity of the metal to the precise quantity of the commodity which he had immediate occasion for . Different metals have been made use of by different nations for this purpose . Iron was the common instrument of commerce among the ...
... quantity of the metal to the precise quantity of the commodity which he had immediate occasion for . Different metals have been made use of by different nations for this purpose . Iron was the common instrument of commerce among the ...
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... quantity of labour which we exchange for what is supposed at the time to contain the value of an equal quantity . Labour was the first price , the original purchase - money that was paid for all things . It was not by gold or by silver ...
... quantity of labour which we exchange for what is supposed at the time to contain the value of an equal quantity . Labour was the first price , the original purchase - money that was paid for all things . It was not by gold or by silver ...
Página 46
... quantity of a particular com- modity , than by a quantity of labour . The one is a plain palpable object ; the other an abstract notion , which , though it can be made sufficiently intelligible , is not altogether so natural and obvious ...
... quantity of a particular com- modity , than by a quantity of labour . The one is a plain palpable object ; the other an abstract notion , which , though it can be made sufficiently intelligible , is not altogether so natural and obvious ...
Página 47
... quantity of money , than by the quantity either of labour or of any other commodity which can be had in exchange for it . Gold and silver , however , like every other commodity , vary in their value , are sometimes cheaper and sometimes ...
... quantity of money , than by the quantity either of labour or of any other commodity which can be had in exchange for it . Gold and silver , however , like every other commodity , vary in their value , are sometimes cheaper and sometimes ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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 |
Términos y frases comunes
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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...