Wealth-creationCassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 - 308 pages |
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... amount of wealth , as above defined , that is at present produced by mankind falls short of satis- fying the needs , physical and mental , of all men . But would it not be possible for the production of wealth to be so increased as to ...
... amount of wealth , as above defined , that is at present produced by mankind falls short of satis- fying the needs , physical and mental , of all men . But would it not be possible for the production of wealth to be so increased as to ...
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... amount of productiveness , and to prevent needless waste of wealth , tends to procure to the labour - seller more of physical comforts and less of physical toil . It tends to emancipate him , not indeed from the wholesome and ennobling ...
... amount of productiveness , and to prevent needless waste of wealth , tends to procure to the labour - seller more of physical comforts and less of physical toil . It tends to emancipate him , not indeed from the wholesome and ennobling ...
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... amount to a few tons of metallic substances of very little use except for ornamental purposes , and a few reams of paper . The real wealth , to which the defunct money merely represented the relative claimants , would remain intact ...
... amount to a few tons of metallic substances of very little use except for ornamental purposes , and a few reams of paper . The real wealth , to which the defunct money merely represented the relative claimants , would remain intact ...
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Augustus Mongredien. diminish the aggregate amount of the world's wealth . It is clear , therefore , that money itself , as money , is not wealth , but that it merely represents the conventional and legal claim which the holder of money ...
Augustus Mongredien. diminish the aggregate amount of the world's wealth . It is clear , therefore , that money itself , as money , is not wealth , but that it merely represents the conventional and legal claim which the holder of money ...
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... amount of labour and capital ; the labour being the acts of hunting or fishing , the capital being the rude implements and weapons which those acts require . In such cases labour and capital have contributed a very small , the land a ...
... amount of labour and capital ; the labour being the acts of hunting or fishing , the capital being the rude implements and weapons which those acts require . In such cases labour and capital have contributed a very small , the land a ...
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adopted advantages amount annual army average become benefit capital cause cent cheap civilisation classes cloth commodities consumers continue cost Council created creation demand difference direct distribution division of labour duties earnings effect England English equal Europe European evil excess exist expenditure exports extent fact follows foreign former Free Trade Government greater hand human ignorance import import duties improvement increased industry influence instance interest labour labour and capital labour-sellers land latter less limit loss man's mankind means ment native natural necessary necessity objects paid peace persons population possible practice present principle produced progress proportion protective question receive remain requirements result savings supply supposed things tion true truth United universal various wages wants wars waste wealth wealth-creation
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