...the ground' (Genesis 3: 19). But this toil and trouble was also, for Smith, the source of all value: What everything really costs to the man who wants...it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What every thing is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it or exchange...

...naively as those who followed him. Although he did say, "The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. ... What is bought with money or with goods is purchased by labour as much as what we acquire by the toil of...

...Nations that "labour is ... the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities," and that "the real price of everything, what everything really...acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it." On the other hand, Smith's exchange orientation takes him over, and he gets wrapped up in treating...

..."Wealth of Nations" which touch the very core of the true theory of value. When, for example, he says: "The real price of everything, what everything really...who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it, is the toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and which it can impose upon other people:" —...

...from the same premises with Dr Smith. "The real price of everything" says that great writer "[. . .] is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What everything...wants to dispose of it, or exchange it for something ebe, is the toil and trouble which it can save himself, and which it can impose upon other people."...

...as being the true measure of value, he observes — "The real price of everything, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it." — Wealth of Nations, Bk I., Ch. V. Further on, speaking of the labourer, he observes — "In his...

...undue extension of the remark made by Adam Smith, "that the real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and and trouble of acquiring it:" and that "in the early and rude state of society, which precedes both...

...of Nations " which touch the very core of the true theory of value. When, for example, he says : " The real price of everything, what everything really...who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it, is the toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and which it can impose upon other people : "...

...measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities. The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. What every thing is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and who wants to dispose of it or exchange...

...workers to cover all their needs. What determines value The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. According to Smith, it is the amount of labor that has gone into something's creation, saving the buyer...