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" THERE IS ONE SORT of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed: there is another which has no such effect. "
The Principles of Economical Philosophy - Page 261
by Henry Dunning Macleod - 1872
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 pages
...be the more so. CHAP. III. Of the accumulation of capital, or of productive and unproductive labour. THERE is one sort of labour which adds to the value...productive, the latter, unproductive* labour. Thus * Some French authors of great learning and ingenuity have used thoie words in a different sense. In...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 538 pages
...more so. CHAP. III. Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labour. 1 HERE is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the...bestowed; there is another which has no such effect. The fcrmer, as it produces a value, may be called productive, the latter, unproductive* labour. Thus the...
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Elements of Political Science, Volume 2

John Craig - Political science - 1814 - 408 pages
...distinguish between productive and unproductive labour. *« There is one sort of labour," he observes, '« which adds to the value of the subject upon '« which...another which " has no such effect. The former, as it produce* " a value, may be called productive, the latter «« unproductive, labour. Thus the labour...
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All Classes Productive of National Wealth Or: The Theories of M. Cresnai, Dr ...

Simon Gray - Economics - 1817 - 366 pages
...he says : " There is one sort of labour," he affirms *i *' which adds to the value of the subject on which it is bestowed : there is another which has...may be called productive, the latter unproductive." This merely points out something distinct in the mere form of labour. But it is not true, that there...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1819 - 532 pages
...be the more so. CHAP. III. Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of productive and unproductive Labour. THERE is one sort of labour which adds to the value...productive, the latter, unproductive* labour. Thus the * Some French authors of great learning and ingenuity have used those words in a different sense. In...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 2

Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 674 pages
...familiar as it must be to every person moderately versed in Political Economy. He remarks, that — " There is one sort of labour, which adds to the value...unproductive labour. Thus the labour of a manufacturer udds, generally, to the value of the materials which he works upon, that of his own maintenance, and...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 2

Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 686 pages
...familiar as it must be to every person moderately versed in Political Economy. He remarks, that— " There is one sort of labour, which adds to the value...adds, generally, to the value of the materials which be works upon, that of his own maintenance, and of his master's profit. The labour of a menial servant,...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith - Economics - 1838 - 476 pages
...the more so. CHAP. III. Of THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL, OR ОГ PRODUCTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE LABOUR. THERE is one sort of labour which adds to the value...unproductive* labour. Thus the labour of a manufacturer adds general!^- to the value of the materials which be works upon, that of his own main tenance, and of...
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View of the Progress of Political Economy in Europe Since the Sixteenth ...

Sir Travers Twiss - Economics - 1847 - 356 pages
...for the maintenance of productive hands, tends to increase the number of those hands, whose labour adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed. It tends, therefore, to increase -the exchangeable value of the annual produce of the land and labour...
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View of the Progress of Political Economy in Europe Since the Sixteenth Century

Travers Twiss - Business & Economics - 1847 - 358 pages
...for the maintenance of productive hands, tends to increase the number of those hands, whose labour adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed. It tends, therefore, to increase the exchangeable value of the annual produce of the land and labour...
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