...definitions are offered by the authors as elaborations of that given by their master Ricardo, 6 who says, " Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil." THE COUNTY...

...(Mill.) (30) Rent is what is paid for the license to gather the produce of the land. (Smith.) (31) Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid by the farmer to the landlord for the use of the natural and inherent powers of the soil. (M'Culloch.)...

...arising from the law of diminishing returns, he at the same time defines it in terms of a payment. "Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord" (p. 44); and, "In the future pages of this work, then, whenever I speak of the...

...this connection. A. The Basis in Differential Return 193. THE RICARDIAN DOCTRINE' BY DAVID RICARDO Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil. , On the first...

...and had not to work it out for himself, Ricardo put it imperfectly thus in his chapter on Rent : " Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil " ; and he proposed...

...by the owner. These facts sufficiently explain the great divergence of actual from economic rents. " Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil. It is often,...

...Grundherrn fur die Benutzung der ursprünglichen und unzerstörbaren Kräfte des Bodens bezahlt wird." (Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.) — Die Grundrente...

...profit des terres plus fertiles, au fur et à mesure que de nouvelles terres sont mises en culture : Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible power of the soil. If all land...

...soil, it is therefore a demonstration that rent is paid for the use of the land. In fact, Ricardo says, "Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil." A little practical...

...capital. 2. (a) "What special characteristic of rent is emphasized in the following definitions ? (1) "Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil." (RICARDO.)...