 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1862 - 632 pages
...cause of his having a profit, but only the mode in which his profit is paid to him. The cause of profit is, that labour produces more than is required for...consequence, that if a capitalist undertakes to feed the labourers on condition of receiving the produce, he has some of it remaining for himself after replacing... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1870 - 632 pages
...cause of his having a profit, but only the mode in which his profit is paid to him. The cause of profit is, that labour produces more than is required for...consequence, that if a capitalist undertakes to feed the labourers on condition of receiving the produce, he has some of it remaining for himself after replacing... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1875 - 624 pages
...his having a profit, but only the mode in which his profit is paid to him. ti '' • cause of profit is, that labour produces more than is required for...grown, including the time occupied in constructing tho tools, and making all other needful preparations ; from which it is a consequence, that if a capitalist... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1875 - 556 pages
...therefore, labour appears to be the only essential of production." So again 2 —" The cause of profit is that labour produces more than is required for its support."—" The reason why Capital yields a profit is because food, clothing, materials, and tools last longer than the time which... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1885 - 626 pages
...cause of his having a profit, but only the mode in which his profit is paid to him. The cause of profit is, that labour produces more than is required for...consequence, that if a capitalist undertakes to feed the labourers on condition of receiving the produce, he has some of it remaining lor himself after replacing... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1892 - 628 pages
...of his having a profit, but only the mode in which his profit is paid to him. ' The cause of profit is, that labour produces more than is required for...consequence, that if a capitalist undertakes to feed the labourers on condition of receiving the produce, he has some of it remaining for himself after replacing... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1899 - 520 pages
...a profit, but only the mode in which his profit is paid to him. The cause of profit is, that labor produces more than is required for its support. The...consequence, that if a capitalist undertakes to feed the laborers on condition of receiving the produce, he has some of it remaining for himself after replacing... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1899 - 518 pages
...a profit, but only the mode in which his profit is paid to him. The cause of profit is, that labor produces more than is required for its support. .The...consequence, that if a capitalist undertakes to feed the laborers on condition of receiving the produce, he has some of it remaining for himself after replacing... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1900 - 506 pages
...a profit, but only the mode in which his profit is paid to him. The cause of profit is, that labor produces more than is required for its support. The...consequence, that if a capitalist undertakes to feed the laborers on condition of receiving the produce, he has some of it remaining for himself after replacing... | |
 | Edwin Cannan - Economics - 1903 - 458 pages
...or on purchase and sale, he finds it necessary to return to the subject : — ' The cause of profit is that labour produces more than is required for...consequence, that if a capitalist undertakes to feed the labourers on condition of receiving the produce, he has some of it remaining for himself after replacing... | |
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The cause of profit is, that labour produces more than is required for its support. The reason why agricultural capital yields a profit, is because human beings can grow more food, than is necessary to feed them while it is being grown... 
