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Page iii
... terms it a difficult subject . " In this edition , " says he , " I have endeavoured to explain more fully than in the last , my opinion on the difficult subject of VALUE . " 523662 It is remarked by another author , that " he.
... terms it a difficult subject . " In this edition , " says he , " I have endeavoured to explain more fully than in the last , my opinion on the difficult subject of VALUE . " 523662 It is remarked by another author , that " he.
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... term value , and a distinction of the property de- noted by it into several kinds , and have then proceeded to employ the word with various degrees of laxity . Not one of them has brought into distinct view and discussion the nature of ...
... term value , and a distinction of the property de- noted by it into several kinds , and have then proceeded to employ the word with various degrees of laxity . Not one of them has brought into distinct view and discussion the nature of ...
Page vi
... term has been used without any clear per- ception of a definite sense ; several ideas have been unconsciously and indiscriminately interchanged , and analogies , which had merely an imaginary existence , have been assumed as ...
... term has been used without any clear per- ception of a definite sense ; several ideas have been unconsciously and indiscriminately interchanged , and analogies , which had merely an imaginary existence , have been assumed as ...
Page vii
... terms for both ideas , and the consequent ambiguity , vacilla- tion , and perplexity , exhibit a remarkable picture of the difficulty of thinking with close- ness , as well as of the defects of language as an instrument of reasoning ...
... terms for both ideas , and the consequent ambiguity , vacilla- tion , and perplexity , exhibit a remarkable picture of the difficulty of thinking with close- ness , as well as of the defects of language as an instrument of reasoning ...
Page viii
... terms introduced without proper explanations , definitions abandoned al- most as soon as enunciated , principles assumed without first being examined , verbal instead of real simplifications - such are the obstacles which everywhere ...
... terms introduced without proper explanations , definitions abandoned al- most as soon as enunciated , principles assumed without first being examined , verbal instead of real simplifications - such are the obstacles which everywhere ...
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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