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Page 13
... gold could be obtained with a less quantity of labour , I should be justified in saying that the cause of the alteration in the value of gold relatively to other commodities , was the greater facility of its production , or the smaller ...
... gold could be obtained with a less quantity of labour , I should be justified in saying that the cause of the alteration in the value of gold relatively to other commodities , was the greater facility of its production , or the smaller ...
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... price , and the same reasons which should make the hunter and fisherman endeavour to raise the value of their game and fish , would cause the owner of the mine to raise the value of his gold ... gold would continue unaltered . Wages might ...
... price , and the same reasons which should make the hunter and fisherman endeavour to raise the value of their game and fish , would cause the owner of the mine to raise the value of his gold ... gold would continue unaltered . Wages might ...
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... gold , still gold would not be a perfect measure of value , by which we could accurately ascertain the variations in all other things , because it would not be produced with ... price to be occasioned by some alteration in ON VALUE . 29.
... gold , still gold would not be a perfect measure of value , by which we could accurately ascertain the variations in all other things , because it would not be produced with ... price to be occasioned by some alteration in ON VALUE . 29.
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... gold and silver is still liable to fluctuations in value , not only to acci ... price of the precious metals . This effect is by many supposed not yet to ... gold and silver being the general medium in which the value of all other things ...
... gold and silver is still liable to fluctuations in value , not only to acci ... price of the precious metals . This effect is by many supposed not yet to ... gold and silver being the general medium in which the value of all other things ...
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... price · 127. 14s . 127 . 247. 14s . When at 47. 10s . , three quarters of wheat would cost and other things 137. 10s ... gold , or the metal from which money is made , is the produce of the country in which wages varied ; and that the ...
... price · 127. 14s . 127 . 247. 14s . When at 47. 10s . , three quarters of wheat would cost and other things 137. 10s ... gold , or the metal from which money is made , is the produce of the country in which wages varied ; and that the ...
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