 ... the pursuit of the greater part of the landholders, and the prodigals among them -will always be more numerous than the misers. In a state, therefore, where there is nothing but a landed interest, as there is little frugality, the borrowers must be...  Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. ... - Page 336by David Hume - 1768Full view - About this book
 | David Hume - 1760 - 396 pages
...part of the landholders, and the prodigals amongft them will always be more numerous than the mifers. In a ftate, therefore, where there is nothing but...intereft, as there is little frugality, the borrowers may be very numerous, and the rate of intereti muft hold proportion to it. 1 he difference depends... | |
 | David Hume - 1764 - 568 pages
...part of the landholders, and the prodigals amongft them will always be more numerous than the mifers, In a ftate, therefore, where there is nothing but...hold proportion to it. The difference depends not on die quantity of money, but on the habits and manners which prevail. By this alone the demand for borrowing... | |
 | David Hume - 1793 - 530 pages
...part of the landholders, and the prodigals among them will always be more numerous than the mifers. In a ftate, therefore, where there is nothing but...diminifhed. Were money fo plentiful as to make an egg be Ibid for fixpence; fo long as there are only landed gentry and peafants in the ftate, the borrowers... | |
 | David Hume - 1804 - 592 pages
...interest, as there is little frugality, the borrowers must be very numerous, and $he rate of interest must hold proportion to it. The difference depends not...prevail. By this alone the demand for borrowing is increased or diminished. Were money so plentiful as to make an egg be sold for sixpence ; so long as... | |
 | David Hume - 1842 - 570 pages
...interest, as there is little frugality, the borrowers must be very numerous, and the rate of interest must hold proportion to it. The difference depends not on the quantity of money, but on the KinHitg nnH m.irmprs vchinh prevail. By this alone the demand for borrowing is increased or diminished.... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 586 pages
...interest, as there is little frugality, the borrowers must be very numerous, and the rate of interest must hold proportion to it. The difference depends not...prevail. By this alone the demand for borrowing is increased or diminished. Were money so plentiful as to make an egg be sold for sixpence ; so long as... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 pages
...there is little frugality, the borrowers must be very numerous, and the rate of interest must bear a proportion to it. The difference depends not on the...money, but on the habits and manners which prevail."* This reasoning of Mr. Hume is perfectly just in the main ; but the conclusion is perhaps expressed... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 496 pages
...there is little frugality, the borrowers must be very numerous, and the rate of interest must bear a proportion to it. The difference depends not on the...money, but on the habits and manners which prevail."* This reasoning of Mr. Hume is perfectly just in the main ; but the conclusion is perhaps expressed... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 pages
...there is little frugality, the borrowers must be very numerous, and the rate of interest must bear a proportion to it. The difference depends not on the...money, but on the habits and manners which prevail."* This reasoning of Mr. Hume is perfectly just in the main ; but the conclusion is perhaps expressed... | |
 | David Hume - 1889 - 530 pages
...interest, as there is little frugality, the borrowers must be very numerous, and the rate of interest must hold proportion to it. The difference depends not...prevail. By this alone the demand for borrowing is encreased or diminished. Were money so plentiful as to make an egg be sold for sixpence; so long as... | |
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