| Thomas De Quincey - 1877 - 676 pages
...insisting upon this, what is the definition ? " Rent," says Ricardo, " is that portion of the products of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the...the original and indestructible powers of the soil." Can this definition be sustained ? Certainly not. The word " indestructible " is liable to challenge... | |
| English literature - 1877 - 626 pages
...such cases, be found to have lost the character attributed to it by Kicardo. It will not be paid only for the use of " the original and indestructible powers of the soil." Nay, it will be difficult, if not impossible, in any case where rent is paid for land, to ascertain... | |
| 1877 - 626 pages
...such cases, be found to have lost the character attributed to it by Ricardo. It will not be paid only for the use of " the original and indestructible powers of the soil." Nay, it will be difficult, if not impossible, in any case where rent [is |paid for land, to ascertain... | |
| English literature - 1877 - 612 pages
...such cases, be found to have lost the character attributed to it by Ricardo. It will not be paid only for the use of " the original and indestructible powers of the soil." Nay, it will be difficult, if not impossible, in any case where rent is paid for land, to ascertain... | |
| Palaestra Oxoniensis - 1879 - 176 pages
...landlord for the use of the natural and inherent powers of the soil.' — M'Culloch, Principles, 265. ' That portion of the produce of the earth which is...the original and indestructible powers of the soil.' — Ricardo, Principles, 34. ' The payment made for the use of the soil.' — Rogers, Political Economy,... | |
| Popular encyclopedia - 1879 - 500 pages
...from active life, and died September 3, 1874. RENT, in political economy, is defined by Ricavdo to be 'that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the indestructible powers of the soil. It is often, however,' he remarks, ' confounded with the interest... | |
| Henry Carter Adams - Economics - 1881 - 90 pages
...free competition among farmers, and thereby disclosed the true doctrines of rent and of natural value. "Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth,...the original and indestructible powers of the soil." Ricardo, ch. II. For the development of this idea of rent see Cairnes, (a) Lecture VIII. (3) Ricardo... | |
| HENRY CARTER ADAMS - 1881 - 182 pages
...free competition among farmers, and thereby disclosed the true doctrines of rent and of natural value. "Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth,...the original and indestructible powers of the soil." Ricardo, ch. II. For the development of this idea of rent see Cairnes, (a) Lecture VIII. (3) Ricardo... | |
| Institution of Surveyors (Great Britain). - Surveying - 520 pages
...acceptance as one of the fundamental principles of political economy is mainly due. " Rent," says RICARDO, " is that portion of the produce of the earth which...the original and indestructible powers of the soil." If land were unlimited in quantity, and uniform both in quality and in advantages of situation, no... | |
| Arthur Latham Perry - Economics - 1883 - 636 pages
...just as men by mauy processes transform the iron ore into the steam-engine, llicardo l says that " rent is that portion of the produce of the earth,...the original and indestructible powers of the soil." As a matter of fact, and as we shall see, there are no such powers; and even if there were, it would... | |
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