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Page xviii
... issued from the press several months previously to the appointment of the Bullion Committee ; and is believed to have had no inconsiderable effect in forwarding that important measure . In this tract Mr Ricardo showed that redundancy ...
... issued from the press several months previously to the appointment of the Bullion Committee ; and is believed to have had no inconsiderable effect in forwarding that important measure . In this tract Mr Ricardo showed that redundancy ...
Page xix
... issued , and that its value is depreciated from excess . The principles which pervade the Report of the Bullion Committee , are substantially the same with those established by Mr Ricardo in this pamphlet ; but the more comprehensive ...
... issued , and that its value is depreciated from excess . The principles which pervade the Report of the Bullion Committee , are substantially the same with those established by Mr Ricardo in this pamphlet ; but the more comprehensive ...
Page xxii
... issued compared with the demand . This is a principle of great importance ; for , it shows that intrinsic worth is not necessary to a currency , and that , provided the supply of paper notes , declared to be legal tender , be ...
... issued compared with the demand . This is a principle of great importance ; for , it shows that intrinsic worth is not necessary to a currency , and that , provided the supply of paper notes , declared to be legal tender , be ...
Page 84
... issued : it cannot , when too abundant , diffuse itself generally amongst other countries . The level of circulation is destroyed , and the ex- change will inevitably be unfavourable to the country where it is excessive in quantity ...
... issued : it cannot , when too abundant , diffuse itself generally amongst other countries . The level of circulation is destroyed , and the ex- change will inevitably be unfavourable to the country where it is excessive in quantity ...
Page 214
... issued in coin at 37. 17s . 104d . an ounce , losing in this manner between two and a half and three per cent . upon the coinage of so very large a sum . Though the bank , there- fore , paid no seignorage , though the Government was ...
... issued in coin at 37. 17s . 104d . an ounce , losing in this manner between two and a half and three per cent . upon the coinage of so very large a sum . Though the bank , there- fore , paid no seignorage , though the Government was ...
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