Some considerations of the consequences of lowering the interest and raising the value of money (Letter to a member of Parliament. 1691.) Short observations on a printed paper entitled, 'For encouraging the coining silver money in England' ... Further considerations concerning raising the value of money. Two treatises of governmentC. and J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... paid , must be returned by goods , or bills of exchange ; and " there will not be the less money in the land . " I could not but wonder to see a man , who undertook to write of money and interest , talk so directly besides the mat- ter ...
... paid , must be returned by goods , or bills of exchange ; and " there will not be the less money in the land . " I could not but wonder to see a man , who undertook to write of money and interest , talk so directly besides the mat- ter ...
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... paid by bills of ex- change ? And for goods , one hundred pounds worth of goods can no - where pay two hundred pounds in money . This being that which I find many men deceive them- selves with , in trade , it may be worth while to make ...
... paid by bills of ex- change ? And for goods , one hundred pounds worth of goods can no - where pay two hundred pounds in money . This being that which I find many men deceive them- selves with , in trade , it may be worth while to make ...
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... paid there ; or , if he has credit enough with a correspondent to have his bills answered , this pays none of the debt of England , but only changes the creditor and if , upon the general balance of trade , English merchants owe to ...
... paid there ; or , if he has credit enough with a correspondent to have his bills answered , this pays none of the debt of England , but only changes the creditor and if , upon the general balance of trade , English merchants owe to ...
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... nothing but spending here less of foreign commodities , than what we carry to market can pay for ; nor can debts , we owe to foreigners , be paid by bills of exchange , 20 Considerations of the lowering of Interest ,
... nothing but spending here less of foreign commodities , than what we carry to market can pay for ; nor can debts , we owe to foreigners , be paid by bills of exchange , 20 Considerations of the lowering of Interest ,
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... paid ; and if we trace it , we shall find , that what is owing already , became so for commodities , or money carried from hence : and , if it be taken upon credit , it must ( let the debt be shifted from one cre ditor to another , as ...
... paid ; and if we trace it , we shall find , that what is owing already , became so for commodities , or money carried from hence : and , if it be taken upon credit , it must ( let the debt be shifted from one cre ditor to another , as ...
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