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Pagina xi
... Rent , of the Distribution of Wealth , -before the subject of Production had been completed ; nay , before the nature , accumulation , and employment of Capital , which form the subject of the Second Book , had been noticed at all . In ...
... Rent , of the Distribution of Wealth , -before the subject of Production had been completed ; nay , before the nature , accumulation , and employment of Capital , which form the subject of the Second Book , had been noticed at all . In ...
Pagina cxxvii
... rent of the ground that furnishes the materials on which it is erected . There are , however , some descriptions of merchandize , in which the rent forms no part of the price ; and others , in which the profit forms no part of it ; but ...
... rent of the ground that furnishes the materials on which it is erected . There are , however , some descriptions of merchandize , in which the rent forms no part of the price ; and others , in which the profit forms no part of it ; but ...
Pagina cxxviii
... rent of the ground . The nature of rent ; the manner in which it enters into the price of wealth ; and according to what principle it in some cases forms an integral part of that price , while in others it does not - book 1 , ch . xi ...
... rent of the ground . The nature of rent ; the manner in which it enters into the price of wealth ; and according to what principle it in some cases forms an integral part of that price , while in others it does not - book 1 , ch . xi ...
Pagina cxxix
... rent to the landed proprietor . Principles which regulate the propor- tion of the price of these products , which is formed by the rent - book 1 , ch . xi . Relation between the respective values of the pro- duce of the first class ...
... rent to the landed proprietor . Principles which regulate the propor- tion of the price of these products , which is formed by the rent - book 1 , ch . xi . Relation between the respective values of the pro- duce of the first class ...
Pagina cxxxiii
... rent of land taken ab- solutely , is much greater than in a poor country ; but taken in relation to the capital employed , it is much less - book 2 , ch . iii . In a wealthy country , the whole profits of its capital are infinitely ...
... rent of land taken ab- solutely , is much greater than in a poor country ; but taken in relation to the capital employed , it is much less - book 2 , ch . iii . In a wealthy country , the whole profits of its capital are infinitely ...
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Pagina 189 - Such a difference of prices, which it seems is not always sufficient to transport a man from one parish to another, would necessarily occasion so great a transportation of the most bulky commodities, not only from one parish to another, but from one end of the kingdom, almost from one end of the world to the other, as would soon reduce them more nearly to a level. After all that has been said of the levity and inconstancy of human nature, it appears evidently from experience that a man is of all...
Pagina 292 - 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.
Pagina 55 - 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.
Pagina 1 - THE annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations.
Pagina 12 - This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.
Pagina 134 - 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.
Pagina xxxvii - When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm...
Pagina 144 - 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...
Pagina 305 - 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.
Pagina xcvi - Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.