...contradicts iu the last half of the sentence the criterion laid down in the first half. Ricardo wiys: "Bent is that portion of the produce of the earth which...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the (oil. On the first settling of a country in which there is an abundance of rich and fertile...

...limitations which are inconsistent with such an expansion. "Rent", says Ricardo (McCulloch's ed., p. 34), "is that portion of the produce of the earth which...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil. It is often, however, confounded with the interest and profit of capital, and,...

...Ricardo says, in "Principles of Economy," chapter ii., that " Rent is that portion of the pro duce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructable powers of the soil. * * " In a new country when there is an abundance of fertile land...

...definitions are offered by the authors as elaborations of that given by their master Ricardo,2 who says, " Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil ". THE COUNTY ' FAMILY. Let us return to our ideal country. Adam is retiring from...

...elaborations of that given LC>*> by their master Ricardo,2 who says, " Rent is that portion [ «r» ** of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord...^> *** ^***^ use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil ". THE COUNTY FAMILY. Let us return to our ideal country. Adam is retiring from...

...David Ricardo, the Anglo-Jewish Banker, formerly announced, near the beginning of this century, that " Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth,...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil." Two objections lie with fatal weight against this definition and all that is involved...

...discussion. However, without insisting upon this, what is the definition ? " Rent," says Ricardo, " is that portion of " the produce of the earth which...landlord for the " use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil." Can this definition be sustained1! Certainly not The word " indestructible " is...

...Rent. THE definition of rent generally accepted by economists is that given by Ricardo,1 namely, " that rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil." " It is manifest that if rent is limited to- what is paid for "the powers of the...

...determining how much of it is unearned, and how much is earned. Iticardo himself defined rent as ' that portion of the produce of the earth which is...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil ; ' and he drew a distinction between this ' strict sense ' of the term and the...

...of determining how much of it is unearned, and how much is earned. Bicardo himself defined rent as ' that portion of the produce of the earth which is...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil ; ' and he drew a distinction between this ' strict sense ' of the term and the...