 In one brief formula," says Mr. De Quincey, " it might be said of profits, that they are the leavings of wages ; so much will the profit be upon any act of production, whether agricultural or manufacturing, as the wages upon that act permit to be left...  The Logic of Political Economy - Page 204by Thomas De Quincey - 1844 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bowen - Business & Economics - 1856 - 588 pages
...that perpetually becoming less, remains for profit. " In one brief formula," says Mr. DC Quincey, " it might be said of profits, that they are the leavings...the wages upon that act permit to be left behind." The following diagram or ocular construction, also borrowed with some modification from Mr. De Quincey,... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1859 - 576 pages
...that perpetually becoming less, remains for profit. " In one brief formula," says Mr. "De Quincey, " it might be said of profits, that they are the leavings...the wages upon that act permit to be left behind." The following diagram or ocular construction, also borrowed with some modification from Mr. De Quincey,... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1859 - 586 pages
...that perpetually becoming less, remains for profit. " In one brief formula," says Mr. De Quincey, " it might be said of profits, that they are the leavings...the wages upon that act permit to be left behind." The following diagram or ocular construction, also borrowed with some modification from Mr. De Quincey,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 506 pages
...inference, the very possibility of dispensing with further discoveries, were due exclusively to Eicardo's previous simplifications. Only by having merited so...are the leavings of wages: so much will the profit he upon any act of production, whether agricultural or manufacturing, as the wages upon that act permit... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1870 - 512 pages
...that perpetually becoming less, remains for Profit. " In one brief formula," says Mr. De Quincey, "_ it might be said of Profits, that they are the leavings...the Wages upon that act permit to be left behind." The following diagram, also borrowed with some modification from Mr. De Quincey, may not only make... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1870 - 586 pages
...that perpetually becoming less, remains for Profit. " In one brief formula," says Mr. De Quincev, " it might be said of Profits, that they are the leavings of Waget ; BO much will the Profit be upon any act of production, whether agricultural or manufacturing,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1877 - 676 pages
...explained, than called for any effort of inference. But then the very necessity and inevitablencss of this inference, the very possibility of dispensing...said of profits, — that they are the leavings of leages : so much will the profit be upon any act of production, whether agricultural or manufacturing,... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1890 - 522 pages
...that perpetually becoming less, remains for Profit, 'iln-ene brief formula," says Mr. De Quiucey, " it might be said of Profits, that they are the leavings...the Wages upon that act permit to be left behind." The following diagram, also borrowed with some modification from Mr. De Qnincey, may not only make... | |
 | William Bell Robertson - Economics - 1905 - 272 pages
...decrease of one a corresponding increase in the other. " In one brief formula" remarks De Quincey, " it might be said of profits that they are the leavings...the wages upon that act permit to be left behind. It follows that wages and profits vary inversely: whatever the one loses the other gains; and the gain... | |
 | Maurice Dobb - Business & Economics - 1975 - 308 pages
...Quincey was to sum up the Ricardian view of the relation of wages to profit in the following way. " It might be said of profits - that they are the leavings...much will the profit be upon any act of production ... as the wages upon that act permit to be left behind . . . But do not wages and profits as a whole,... | |
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