 | Adam Smith - English literature - 1811 - 550 pages
...it is beftowed : there is another which nii • ' has no filch effect. The former, as it produces :i value, may be called productive ; the latter, unproductive*...the materials which he works upon, that of his own nP •*• * Some French authori of great learning and ingenuity have 'i 'l ilinir words in a different... | |
 | John Craig - Political science - 1814 - 408 pages
...distinguish between productive and unproductive labour. *« There is one sort of labour," he observes, '« which adds to the value of the subject upon '« which...another which " has no such effect. The former, as it produce* " a value, may be called productive, the latter «« unproductive, labour. Thus the labour... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1824 - 996 pages
...misrepresentation, we shall give Dr Smith's opinions in his own words. " There is one sort of labour," says he, " which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is beetowed ; there is another which has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 686 pages
...every person moderately versed in Political Economy. He remarks, that— " There is one sort of labour, which adds to the value of the subject upon which...adds, generally, to the value of the materials which be works upon, that of his own maintenance, and of his master's profit. The labour of a menial servant,... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1838 - 476 pages
...THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL, OR OF PRODUCTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE LABOUR. THERE is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which...unproductive* labour. Thus the labour of a manufacturer adds generali)- to the value of the materials which he works upon, that of his own main ten a nee, and of... | |
 | Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart - Economics - 1843 - 518 pages
...the Accumulation of Capitol, or of Productive and Unproductive Labour. THERE is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which...works upon, that of his own maintenance, and of his master's profit. The labour of a menial servant, on the contrary, adds to the value of nothing. Though... | |
 | Travers Twiss - Business & Economics - 1847 - 358 pages
...application of the term to all labour from which value results. " There is one sort of labour," he writes, "which adds to the value of the subject upon which...manufacturer adds generally to the value of the materials, Avhich he works upon, that of his own maintenance, and of his master's profit. The labour of a menial... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Economics - 1849 - 686 pages
...misrepresentation, we shall give Smith's opinions in his own words. " There is one sort of labour," says he, " which adds to the value of the subject upon which...it is bestowed ; there is another which has no such efiect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called productive; the latter, unproductive labour.... | |
 | Frederick Guest Tomlins - 1850 - 90 pages
...this subject, as on many others, a distinction without a difference :— " There is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed ; there is another whif.h has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called productive — the latter,... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1852 - 476 pages
...THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL, OR OF PRODUCTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE LABOUR. THERE is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which...unproductive* labour. Thus the labour of a manufacturer adds gencrah'jr to the value of the materials which he works upon, that of his own mamtenance, and of his... | |
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which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed ; there is another which has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called productive; the latter, unproductive labour. Thus the labour of a manufacturer adds generally... 
