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... payment of wages , which are expended on food and clothing , commodities more perishable than buildings and machinery , is said to employ a large proportion of his capital as circulating capital . It is also to be observed that the ...
... payment of wages , which are expended on food and clothing , commodities more perishable than buildings and machinery , is said to employ a large proportion of his capital as circulating capital . It is also to be observed that the ...
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... payment of rent . Raw material enters into the composition of most com- modities , but the value of that raw material , as well as corn , is regulated by the productiveness of the portion of capital last tion . In them nature does ...
... payment of rent . Raw material enters into the composition of most com- modities , but the value of that raw material , as well as corn , is regulated by the productiveness of the portion of capital last tion . In them nature does ...
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... pay an additional sum for wages ? Certainly not : for he will not only have to pay , in common with the manufacturer , an increase of wages to each labourer he employs , but he will be obliged either to pay rent , or to employ an ...
... pay an additional sum for wages ? Certainly not : for he will not only have to pay , in common with the manufacturer , an increase of wages to each labourer he employs , but he will be obliged either to pay rent , or to employ an ...
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... pay wages regulated by the price of wheat at 4l . , and at other times at higher prices , the rate of his profits will diminish in proportion to the rise in the price of corn . In this case , therefore , I think it is clearly ...
... pay wages regulated by the price of wheat at 4l . , and at other times at higher prices , the rate of his profits will diminish in proportion to the rise in the price of corn . In this case , therefore , I think it is clearly ...
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... payment of his rent , 480l . were retained by him , and 240l . were paid to his labourers ; when the price rose to 67. per quarter , he would be obliged to pay his labourers 300l . and retain only 420l . for profits : he would be ...
... payment of his rent , 480l . were retained by him , and 240l . were paid to his labourers ; when the price rose to 67. per quarter , he would be obliged to pay his labourers 300l . and retain only 420l . for profits : he would be ...
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abundance accumulation Adam Smith additional advantage agriculture annual annum bank notes Bank of England bill Bosanquet bounty cause cent cloth Committee consequence consumer cultivation currency demand depreciation diminished dities Edition effect employment equal exchangeable value Exchequer expenses exportation fall farmer favourable Fcap foreign gold and silver gold coin Government greater guineas Hamburgh importation improvements income increase issued land landlord less loan machinery Malthus manufacturer millions natural price necessary obtained paid paper money Parliament payment portion Post 8vo pound sterling precious metals price of commodities price of corn price of gold price of raw principle profits of stock proportion purchase quantity of labour quarters raise the price rate of profits raw produce regulated relative value rent revenue rise of wages seignorage sell sinking fund standard supply supposed taxation tion trade value of gold value of money variations wages of labour wheat whilst whole