...that, although not the first to announce it, he first brought it prominently into notice. f It is: The rent of land is determined by the excess of its...to all natural agencies, such as mines, fisheries, etc., has been exhaustively explained and illustrated by all the leading economists since Eicardo....

...Mr. George as well as the great body of economists all over the world considers to be a sound one, the rent of land is determined by the excess of its produce over that of the least productive land now in use, and the pressure of population causes inferior land to be...

...of its produce over that which the same application can ucure from the least productive land in tat. This law, which of course applies to land used for...to all natural agencies, such as mines, fisheries, etc., has been exhaustively explained and illustrated by all the leading economists since Ricardo ;...

...subjected. Here is this law expressed in few words : — The rent of land is determined by the excess of Us produce over that which the same application can secure from the least productive land in use. Thus, as a consequence, if all of the produce beyond the amount which labour and capital could secure...

...announce it, he first brought it prominently into notice.* It is : The rent of land is determitud by Hit excess of its produce over that which the same application...to all natural agencies, such as mines, fisheries, etc., has been exhaustively explained and illustrated by all the leading economists since Ricardo ;...

...-capital if employed on the worst land in cultivation." * Or, in Mr. George's almost identical terms — " The rent of land is determined by the excess of its produce over that which * Political Economy, II., 16, iii. the same application can secure from the least productive land in...

...although not the first to announce it, he brought it prominently into notice.t It is : The rent of kind is determined by the excess of its produce over that which the same application oan secure from the least productive land in use. This law, which, of course, applies to land used...

...by force against all comers. Look at the law of rent — the law which no economist disputes, that " the rent of land is determined by the excess of its...same application can secure from the least productive soil in use." Look at this rent- taker, this freebooter of the middle ages come back again ; this sponge,...

...exclusive right to the use "of natural capabilities gives to its owner." Its law has been stated thus: "The rent of land "is determined by the excess of...can se"cure from the least productive land in use." To illustrate: If Lot could raise three heavier sheep in the well-watered paradise of Jordan, with...

...improvement in society he declares tends to raise it.3 The Ricardian law is best stated by George : "The rent of land is determined by the excess of its...application can secure from the least productive land in use."4 But Ricardo does more than lay down this law. He holds that the degree of fertility is the cause...