Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... labour . The limitation of the term labour to such occupations as are productive of wealth , and exerted for the sake of gain , will serve to put an end to all the unprofitable and futile discussion , so common in works on political ...
... labour . The limitation of the term labour to such occupations as are productive of wealth , and exerted for the sake of gain , will serve to put an end to all the unprofitable and futile discussion , so common in works on political ...
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... labour the natural standard or measure of value . But it is indispensable for a standard measure to be something ... labour ? In some coun- tries labour is habitually far more severe and unremitting than in another ; so that a day's ...
... labour the natural standard or measure of value . But it is indispensable for a standard measure to be something ... labour ? In some coun- tries labour is habitually far more severe and unremitting than in another ; so that a day's ...
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... labour , resolve cost of production into the quantity of labour only , required for producing the article . It is scarcely necessary to say more in refutation of so palpable an error . Land and capital must unite with labour in the ...
... labour , resolve cost of production into the quantity of labour only , required for producing the article . It is scarcely necessary to say more in refutation of so palpable an error . Land and capital must unite with labour in the ...
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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON the Coincidence of | 1 |
Primary Natural Rights1 To Personal | 13 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
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