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... expression , regarding the mea- surement of value . The vague manner in which the word measure , necessarily of fre- quent occurrence in the pages of the political economist , is constantly employed , would sur- prise even PREFACE .
... expression , regarding the mea- surement of value . The vague manner in which the word measure , necessarily of fre- quent occurrence in the pages of the political economist , is constantly employed , would sur- prise even PREFACE .
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... expression apparently so simple , so precise , so free from obscurity , that it seems superfluous to bestow a single inquiry on its import . The consequence has been what it generally proves on such occasions : the term has been used ...
... expression apparently so simple , so precise , so free from obscurity , that it seems superfluous to bestow a single inquiry on its import . The consequence has been what it generally proves on such occasions : the term has been used ...
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... expressing our feelings with precision , we say , for instance , that one A is , in our estimation , equal to two B. But this is not the expression of positive , but of relative esteem ; or , more correctly , of the relation in which A ...
... expressing our feelings with precision , we say , for instance , that one A is , in our estimation , equal to two B. But this is not the expression of positive , but of relative esteem ; or , more correctly , of the relation in which A ...
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... representation of the relative nature of value , that when we say the value of a is equal to the value of B , the expression implies a quality intrinsic and abso- lute in each ; for otherwise , how could we 6 ON THE NATURE.
... representation of the relative nature of value , that when we say the value of a is equal to the value of B , the expression implies a quality intrinsic and abso- lute in each ; for otherwise , how could we 6 ON THE NATURE.
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... expression , when we affirm the value of A to be equal to the value of B , we shall find it to mean neither more nor less than this , that A will exchange for B. This simple proposition contains the whole amount of meaning couched under ...
... expression , when we affirm the value of A to be equal to the value of B , we shall find it to mean neither more nor less than this , that A will exchange for B. This simple proposition contains the whole amount of meaning couched under ...
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