 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 526 pages
...any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it. IN order to inveftigate the principles which regulate the exchangeable value of commodities, I fhall... | |
 | Great Britain - 1797 - 980 pages
...any thing can be had in exchange for it. Л diamond, on. the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it. CRAYON PAINTING. THE following is thé copy of a biicript found rtmong the papers of It:: Francis Cotes,... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 372 pages
...purchase scarce any thing ; scarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary,- has scarce any value in use ; but a very great quantity...other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it. In order to investigate the principles which regulate the exchangeable value of commodities, I shall... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 530 pages
...any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it. In order to inveftigate the principles which regulate the exchangeable value of commo'dities, I mall... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it. In order to inveftigate the principles which regulate the exchangeable value of commo-i dities, I fhall... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...purchase scarce any thing ; scarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has scarce any value in use, but a very great quantity...goods may frequently be had in exchange for it."* Adam Smith further inquires, what is the real measure of this exchangeable value, or wherein consists... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Economics - 1820 - 368 pages
...purchase scarce any thing ; scarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond on the contrary, has scarce any value in use, but a very great quantity of «ther goods may frequently be had in exchange for it.** The exchangeable value of a commodity estimated... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Economics - 1821 - 510 pages
...purchase scarce any thing; scarce " any thing can be had in exchange for it. A " diamond, on the contrary, has scarce any value " in use, but a very great quantity...goods " may frequently be had in exchange for it." Nature works for us gratuitously; and when she supplies us with articles in such abundance, that no... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Economics - 1828 - 348 pages
...term value ?- 761. What illustration does he give of the value in use, au.d the value in exchange ? but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it." Later writers on political economy, whose opinion I have followed, have rather gone farther than differed... | |
 | Charles Putt - Jurisprudence - 1830 - 496 pages
...purchase scarce any thing, scarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has scarce any value in use, but a very great, quantity...other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it."—Wealth of Nations, bic 4. of life are higher in proportion, the profits, which are the exchangeable... | |
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... value in exchange ; and on the contrary, those which have the greatest value in exchange have frequently little or no value in use. Nothing is more useful than water: but it will purchase scarce anything; scarce anything can be had in exchange for... 
