Wealth-creationCassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 - 308 pages |
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... mean all such objects of human desire as are obtained or produced by human exertions . The 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 ...
... mean all such objects of human desire as are obtained or produced by human exertions . The 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 ...
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... means of accumulating wealth as lay in the power or satisfied the cupidity of each . True that governments have occasionally interfered in the shape of bounties and prohibitions , monopolies and patents , restrictions and privileges ...
... means of accumulating wealth as lay in the power or satisfied the cupidity of each . True that governments have occasionally interfered in the shape of bounties and prohibitions , monopolies and patents , restrictions and privileges ...
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... means annihilate the existence , of the wealth which they represented . We therefore arrive at this general theorem . Metallic money is not wealth , except to the extent of what the metal it consists of would be worth if it ceased to be ...
... means annihilate the existence , of the wealth which they represented . We therefore arrive at this general theorem . Metallic money is not wealth , except to the extent of what the metal it consists of would be worth if it ceased to be ...
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... means of binding the iron to the wood , and the carrier conveys the materials or the articles to their destinations . During the time that it would take an isolated man to make a single spade ( and if he could do it at all , it would be ...
... means of binding the iron to the wood , and the carrier conveys the materials or the articles to their destinations . During the time that it would take an isolated man to make a single spade ( and if he could do it at all , it would be ...
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... - fitable operation of the division of labour . In isolated and thinly populated regions , in which families live far apart from each other , and the DIVISION OF LABOUR IGNORED . 19 means of communication are 18 WEALTH - CREATION .
... - fitable operation of the division of labour . In isolated and thinly populated regions , in which families live far apart from each other , and the DIVISION OF LABOUR IGNORED . 19 means of communication are 18 WEALTH - CREATION .
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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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