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... COMPARING COMMODITIES AT DIFFERENT PERIODS . CHAPTER VI . ON MEASURES OF VALUE .................. .. CHAPTER VII . ON THE MEASURE OF VALue proposed BY MR . MAL- THUS ..... 71 94 139 ....... CHAPTER VIII . ON METHODS OF ESTIMATING VALUE ...
... COMPARING COMMODITIES AT DIFFERENT PERIODS . CHAPTER VI . ON MEASURES OF VALUE .................. .. CHAPTER VII . ON THE MEASURE OF VALue proposed BY MR . MAL- THUS ..... 71 94 139 ....... CHAPTER VIII . ON METHODS OF ESTIMATING VALUE ...
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... compared with it . A thing cannot be valuable in itself without reference to another thing , any more than a thing can be distant in itself without re- ference to another thing . It follows from this view of value as a rela- tion , that ...
... compared with it . A thing cannot be valuable in itself without reference to another thing , any more than a thing can be distant in itself without re- ference to another thing . It follows from this view of value as a rela- tion , that ...
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... comparing . If we wish to know whether A and B are equal in value , we shall in most cases be under the ne- cessity of finding the value of each in c ; and when we affirm that the value of A is equal to the value of B , we mean only ...
... comparing . If we wish to know whether A and B are equal in value , we shall in most cases be under the ne- cessity of finding the value of each in c ; and when we affirm that the value of A is equal to the value of B , we mean only ...
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... compared to what it did before , we ought to say , that cloth retained its former value , and that the commodities , compared with it , had fallen to half their former value . This language , " According to M. Say , if the difficulty of ...
... compared to what it did before , we ought to say , that cloth retained its former value , and that the commodities , compared with it , had fallen to half their former value . This language , " According to M. Say , if the difficulty of ...
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... compared . It is precisely this essential circumstance , which has escaped the notice of Mr. Ricardo . When he asserts , that a commodity would be of invariable value , if it were always produced by the same quantity of labour , he ...
... compared . It is precisely this essential circumstance , which has escaped the notice of Mr. Ricardo . When he asserts , that a commodity would be of invariable value , if it were always produced by the same quantity of labour , he ...
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absurd Adam Smith aggregate value alteration ascer ascertain asserts bour capitalist cardo cause of value causes affecting chapter circumstances commodity produced compared cost of production definite portion determined different periods dities doctrine doubled Econ economists employed in producing equal in value error estimated exchangeable value fallen former ideas implies increase invariable value ject labour employed labour necessary labour required language latter length London Magazine Malthus mand means measure of value medium of comparison modities monopoly mutual value object obtain Political Economy possessed power of commanding power of purchasing Principles of Pol producing labour profits proportion proposition quan quantities of corn quantity of labour quarters of corn ratio real value rela relation of value Ricardo SAMUEL BAILEY sense silver speak suppose tain term thing tion value in relation value of commodities value of labour variation varied wages Wealth of Nations words writer yard of cloth