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" By necessaries I understand, not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without. "
Political Economy: An Inquiry Into the Natural Grounds of Right to Vendible ... - Page 155
by Samuel Read - 1829 - 398 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 30

1818 - 638 pages
...use the words of Dr Smithj are not only indispensably necessary for the support of life, but which the custom of the country renders it indecent for...creditable people even of the lowest order to be without, consists in this, that the former is altogether a tax on profits, and is entirely paid by the employers...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 3

Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 514 pages
...commodities are either necessaries or luxuries. By necessaries I understand, not only the commo, 4jties which are indispensably necessary for the support...a necessary of life. The Greeks and Romans lived, Isuppose, very comfortable, though they had no linen. But in the present times, through the greater...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 3

Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 520 pages
...upon which it is laid out. Consumable commodities are either necessaries or luxuries. By necessaries I understand, not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the supT port of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people,...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 3

Adam Smith - Economics - 1819 - 518 pages
...upon which it is laid out. Consumable commodities are either necessaries or luxuries. By necessaries I understand, not only the commodities which are indispensably...life. The Greeks and Romans lived, I suppose, very comfortable, though they had no linen. But in the present times, through the greater part of Europe,...
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The Principles of Political Economy: With a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

John Ramsay McCulloch - Economics - 1825 - 446 pages
...words of Dr Smith, such a rate as will enable the labourer to obtain " not only the commodities that are indispensably necessary for the support of life,...people, even of the lowest order, to be without." Now it is plain, from this definition, that there neither is nor can be any absolute standard of natural...
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Selections Fron the Edinburgh Review, Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 5-6

1835 - 858 pages
...increased economy ; nor can a rise in the price of necessaries, — that is, of those commodities " which the custom of the country renders it indecent for...people, even of the lowest order, to be without," -{• — be compensated by an immediate corresponding rise of wages. The labourer is, in this respect,...
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Selections from the Edinburgh Review: Comprising the Best Articles ..., Volume 6

Maurice Cross - 1836 - 434 pages
...increased economy ; nor can a rise in the price of necessaries, <— that is, of those commodities " which the custom of the country renders it indecent for...people, even of the lowest order, to be without," -j—be compensated by an immediate corresponding rise of wages. The labourer is, in this respect,...
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A treatise on the industry of nations; or the principles of ..., Volume 2

Joseph Salway Eisdell - Economics - 1839 - 456 pages
...a variety of circumstances. It must comprise, in the words of Adam Smith, "not only such things as are indispensably necessary for the support of life,...people, even of the lowest order, to be without." The quantity and kind of these things depend, not only on the habits and customs of the people. but...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1845 - 776 pages
...such a rate as may enable them to obtain not only the commodities which are indispensably neceseary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of...creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without. In this there is an obvious confusion between cause and effect. Custom renders it discreditable to...
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The Principles of Political Economy: With Some Inquiries Respecting Their ...

John Ramsay McCulloch - Economics - 1849 - 686 pages
...words of Adam Smith, such a rate as will enable the labourer to obtain, "not only the commodities that are indispensably necessary for the support of life,...people, even of the lowest order, to be without." Now it is plain, from this definition, that there can be no absolute standard of natural or necessary...
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