 wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What every thing is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it, or exchange it for something else, is the toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and...  The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation - Page 7by David Ricardo - 1911 - 455 pagesFull view - About this book
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...man who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it, or exchange it for something else, is tke toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and which it can impose on other people. * * * If, among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually cost twice the labour... | |
 | 1830 - 530 pages
...costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What everything is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it, and exchange it for something else, is the toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and which... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1838 - 476 pages
...real price of every thing, what ever» thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, U tin: toil and trouble of acquiring it. What every thing...really worth to the man who has acquired it and who v. dispose of it, or exchange it for something v. PRICES OF COMMODITIES. .• toil and trouble which... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 494 pages
...costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What everything is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and...himself, and which it can impose upon other people.' Hence the labour of man becomes the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities. To illustrate... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 496 pages
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 | Causes - Financial crises - 1857 - 80 pages
...costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What everything is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and...himself, and which it can impose upon other people. What is bought with money or with goods is purchased with labour as much as what we acquire by the... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1858 - 626 pages
...costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What everything is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and...which it can save to himself, and which it can impose on other people." "Equal quantities of labor, at all times and places, may be said to be of equal value... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - Bimetallism - 1873 - 392 pages
...costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What everything is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it, is the toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and which it can impose upon other people : "—when,... | |
 | John Elliott Cairnes - Bimetallism - 1873 - 454 pages
...costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What everything is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it, is the toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and which it can impose upon other people :"—when,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...exchangeable value of all commodities. Thereal priceof everything, whateverything really costs tothemanwho wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring...himself, and which it can impose upon other people. What is bought with money or with goods is purchased by labour, as much as what we require by the toil... | |
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