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" If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to kill a deer, one beaver should naturally exchange for or be worth two deer. It is natural that what is usually the produce of two days... "
Capital and Interest: A Critical History of Economical Theory - Page 381
by Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk - 1890 - 431 pages
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Adam Smith: Critical Assessments, Volume 3

John Cunningham Wood - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 664 pages
...rule for exchanging them for one another. If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to...should naturally exchange for or be worth two deer. (p. 47) What is the significance of Smith's deer and beaver model for a theory of value? Robinson labels...
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History and Historians of Political Economy

Werner Stark - Business & Economics - 342 pages
...same portion of his ease, his liberty, and his happiness" (35 [50, emphasis added]). Hence, it is but "natural that what is usually the produce of two days or two hours of labour, should be worth double of what is usually the produce of one day's or one hour's labour"...
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Piero Sraffa: Critical Assessments, Volume 1

John Cunningham Wood - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 392 pages
...rule for exchanging them for one another. If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to...should naturally exchange for or be worth two deer. (p. 47) What is the significance of Smith's deer and beaver model for a theory of value? Robinson labels...
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On Moral Business: Classical and Contemporary Resources for Ethics in ...

Max L. Stackhouse, Dennis P. McCann, Preston N. Williams, Shirley J. Roels - Business & Economics - 1995 - 1002 pages
...rule tor exchanging them for one another. If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to kill a deer, one beaver should naturally exchange lor or be worth two deer. It is natural that what is usually the produce of two days or two hours labour,...
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Lauderdale's Notes on Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations

James Maitland Earl of Lauderdale - Business & Economics - 1996 - 184 pages
...rule for exchanging them for one another. lf among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to...should naturally exchange for or be worth two deer. lt is natural that what is usually the produce of two days or two hours labour should be worth double...
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The History of Economics: In Its Relation to Social Development

Werner Stark - Business & Economics - 1998 - 96 pages
...always lay down the same portion of his ease, his liberty, and his happiness" (ibid.). Hence it is but "natural that what is usually the produce of two days or two hours of labour, should be worth double of what is usually the produce of one day's or one hour's labour"...
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Classical Economics: May 1817 to December 1818, Volume 2

Donald Rutherford - Business & Economics - 1999 - 526 pages
...for exchanging them for one another. 'If, among a nation of hunters,' he observes, 'it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to kill a deer, one beaver would naturally exchange for, or be worth two deer. It is natural, that what is usually the produce...
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Quantifying Sustainable Development: The Future of Tropical Economies

Carlos Leon Perez, Grégoire Leclerc - Business & Economics - 2000 - 800 pages
...important focus of economics: "Among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labor to kill a beaver which it does to kill a deer, one beaver should exchange for or be worth two deer" (Smith, 1776). Classical economists came to focus on "embodied labor,"...
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Social Science Quotations: Who Said What, When, and Where

David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - Social Science - 2000 - 466 pages
...the writer. Gibbon: ÍO idea of writing first started to my mind. Gibbon: 9 deer. it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to kill a d.. Smith, Adam: 12 define: if men d. situations as real, they are real in their consequences, Thomas...
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The Free Person and the Free Economy: A Personalist View of Market Economics

Anthony J. Santelli - Business & Economics - 2002 - 164 pages
...two deer. Smith explains the principle: If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to...is natural that what is usually the produce of two day's or two hour's labour, should be worth double of what is usually the produce of one day's or one...
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