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... usual to speak of offering money for sale . People are not usually said to buy or sell money . This , however , is merely an accident of language . In point of fact , money is bought and sold like other things , whenever other things ...
... usual to speak of offering money for sale . People are not usually said to buy or sell money . This , however , is merely an accident of language . In point of fact , money is bought and sold like other things , whenever other things ...
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... has again shrunk into its usual dimensions , by a mere reduction in the demands of the public ( after so copious a supply of ready money ) for accommodation from the Bank in the way of discount or loan . In like VALUE OF MONEY . 21.
... has again shrunk into its usual dimensions , by a mere reduction in the demands of the public ( after so copious a supply of ready money ) for accommodation from the Bank in the way of discount or loan . In like VALUE OF MONEY . 21.
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... usual case . Of the three classes into which commodities are divided- those absolutely limited in supply , those which may be had in unlimited quantity at a given cost of production , and those which may be had in unlimited quantity ...
... usual case . Of the three classes into which commodities are divided- those absolutely limited in supply , those which may be had in unlimited quantity at a given cost of production , and those which may be had in unlimited quantity ...
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... usual in every trade to give a certain length of credit for goods bought : three months , six months , a year , even two years , according to the convenience or custom of the particular trade . A dealer who has sold goods , for which he ...
... usual in every trade to give a certain length of credit for goods bought : three months , six months , a year , even two years , according to the convenience or custom of the particular trade . A dealer who has sold goods , for which he ...
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... usual reserve ) to other persons . We just now made the imaginary supposition that all persons dealt with a bank , and all with the same bank , payments being universally made by cheques . In this ideal E 2 INFLUENCE OF CREDIT ON PRICES ...
... usual reserve ) to other persons . We just now made the imaginary supposition that all persons dealt with a bank , and all with the same bank , payments being universally made by cheques . In this ideal E 2 INFLUENCE OF CREDIT ON PRICES ...
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Page 319 - There is room in the world, no doubt, and even in old countries, for a great increase of population, supposing the arts of life to go on improving, and capital to increase. But even if innocuous, I confess I see very little reason for desiring it.
Page 320 - Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.
Page 550 - Letting alone, in short, should be the general practice: every departure from it, unless required by some great good, is a certain evil.
Page 375 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the State.
Page 6 - Money is a commodity, and its value is determined like that of other commodities, temporarily by demand and supply, permanently and on the average by cost of production.
Page 322 - ... the other. The rich should be in loco parentis to the poor, guiding and restraining them like children. Of spontaneous action on their part there should be no need. They should be called on for nothing but to do their day's work, and to be moral and religious. Their morality and religion should be provided for them by their superiors, who should see them properly taught it, and should do all that is necessary to ensure their being, in return for labour and attachment, properly fed, clothed, housed,...
Page 325 - ... when they were brought together in numbers, to work socially under the same roof; when railways enabled them to shift from place to place, and change their patrons and employers as easily as their coats; when they were encouraged to seek a share in the government, by means of the electoral franchise.
Page 374 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 118 - It is commerce which is rapidly rendering war obsolete, by strengthening and multiplying the personal interests which are in natural opposition to it.
Page 339 - THE form of association, however, which, if mankind continue to improve, must be expected in the end to predominate, is not that which can exist between a capitalist as chief and workpeople without a voice in the management, but the association of the labourers themselves on terms of equality, collectively owning the capital with which they carry on their operations, and working under managers elected and removable by themselves.