 value of corn is regulated by the quantity of labour bestowed on its production on that quality of land, or with that portion of capital, which pays no rent. Corn is not high because a rent is paid, but a rent is paid because corn is high...  The Elements of Political Economy - Page 198by Henry Dunning Macleod - 1858 - 573 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1840 - 612 pages
...principle, that' 'corn' (and it is exactly the same with regard to every other agricultural product) ' is not high because a rent ' is paid; but a rent is paid because corn is high : and that no ' reduction would take place in the price of corn, although land' lords should forego the whole... | |
 | 1840 - 662 pages
...is exactly the same with regard .to every other agricultural product) ' is not high because a rent 1 is -paid; but a rent is paid because corn is high : and that no ' reduction would take place in the price of corn, although land' lords should forego the whole... | |
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...quality of land, or with that portion of capital which pays no rent. Corn is not high because a rent b paid, but a rent is paid because corn is high ; and it hag been justly observed by Mr Malthus, that no reduction would take place in the price of corn, although... | |
 | DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...that quality of land, or with that portion of capital which pays no rent. Corn is not high bL-cause a rent is paid, but a rent is paid because corn is high ; and it has been justly observed by Mr Malthus, that no reduction would take place in the price of corn, although landlords should forego... | |
 | 1819 - 808 pages
...Mr Ricardo and his Reviewer to explain. As matters now stand, the case is hopeless, for (page 77,) " no reduction would take place in the price of corn,...although landlords should forego the whole of their rents." In other words, although the present landlords should cease to be landlords, and the present... | |
 | England - 1819 - 792 pages
...Mr Ricardo and his Reviewer to explain. As matters now stand, the case is hopeless, for (page 77,) " no reduction would take place in the price of corn,...although landlords should forego the whole of their rents." In other words, although the present landlords should cease to be landlords, and the present... | |
 | England - 1819 - 782 pages
...Mr Ricardo and his Reviewer to explain. As matters now stand, the case is hopeless, for (page 77,) " no reduction would take place in the price of corn,...although landlords should forego the whole of their rents." In other words, although the present landlords should cease to be BCII uut, «• "•- . —... | |
 | David Ricardo - Economics - 1821 - 566 pages
...bestowed on its production on that quality of land, or with that portion of capital, which pays no rent. Corn is not high because a rent is paid, but a rent...gentlemen, but would not diminish the quantity of labour necessary to raise raw produce on the least productive land in cultivation. Nothing is more... | |
 | David Ricardo - Economics - 1821 - 560 pages
...bestowed on its production on that quality of land, or with that portion of capital, which pays no rent. (Corn, is not high because a rent is paid, but a rent/" ' \ ^^ is paid because corn is high ;J and it has been justly observed, that no reduction would take place */ in the price of corn, although... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1824 - 884 pages
...quantity of labour necessary to its production. Rent, it has been demonstrated, does not enter into price. Corn is not high because a rent is paid, but a rent 384 Cottage Sys- ¡s paid because corn is high ; and Mr Malthus has tem* justly observed, that no reduction... | |
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