As the wages of the labourer are the remuneration of labour, so the profits of the capitalist are properly, according to Mr. Senior's well-chosen expression, the remuneration of abstinence. They are what he gains by forbearing to consume his capital for... Capital and Interest: A Critical History of Economical Theory - Page 411 by Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk - 1890 - 431 pages Full view -
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