The Working Man's Manual: A New Theory of Political Economy, on the Principle of Production the Source of Wealth. Including an Enquiry Into the Principles of Public Credit, Currency, the Wages of Laborers, the Production of Wealth, the Distribution of Wealth, Consumption of Wealth, Popular Education, and the Elements of Social Government in General as They Appear Open to the Scrutiny of Common Sense and the Philosophy of the AgeThomas L. Bonsal, 1831 - 272 страница |
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... species of artisans and another , are commonly entered into immediately by the persons themselves , who , being neighbours ... specie will serve as a representation . 1 CHAPTER V. Of Commerce - The Merchant . COMMERCE 72 OF CAPITAL AND ...
... species of artisans and another , are commonly entered into immediately by the persons themselves , who , being neighbours ... specie will serve as a representation . 1 CHAPTER V. Of Commerce - The Merchant . COMMERCE 72 OF CAPITAL AND ...
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... specie . This may be exemplified by the difference of prices thirty years ago , when we had less money , and a loaf of bread , or a barrel of flour , could be purchased for one half that we are now compelled to give , because our stock ...
... specie . This may be exemplified by the difference of prices thirty years ago , when we had less money , and a loaf of bread , or a barrel of flour , could be purchased for one half that we are now compelled to give , because our stock ...
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... specie in the known world ! Yet this is the chief currency of the United States ; which has superseded gold and silver as the measure of value , and the representative of la- bour . Capable of being expanded to any amount ; de- pending ...
... specie in the known world ! Yet this is the chief currency of the United States ; which has superseded gold and silver as the measure of value , and the representative of la- bour . Capable of being expanded to any amount ; de- pending ...
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... specie capital of 300 per cent .; say for every one hundred thousand dollars in metals , four hundred thousand dollars in paper are afloat . This artificial enhancement of capital is not , however , an increase of riches ; for it gives ...
... specie capital of 300 per cent .; say for every one hundred thousand dollars in metals , four hundred thousand dollars in paper are afloat . This artificial enhancement of capital is not , however , an increase of riches ; for it gives ...
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... specie against paper . For foreign countries must be paid in coin ; and foreign countries we must be indebted to , until we learn the practical wisdom of producing those fabrics which are essential to our comfort and independence . In ...
... specie against paper . For foreign countries must be paid in coin ; and foreign countries we must be indebted to , until we learn the practical wisdom of producing those fabrics which are essential to our comfort and independence . In ...
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