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" Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is employed in production, and consists of food, clothing, tools, raw materials, machinery, etc., necessary to give effect to labour. "
On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation - Page 325
by David Ricardo - 1821 - 538 pages
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Price of Corn and Wages of Labour, with Observations Upon Dr. Smith's, Mr ...

Sir Edward West - Agriculture - 1826 - 188 pages
...gradual and constant, the demand for labour may give a continued stimulus to an increase of people." Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is employed in production, and consists of food, clothing, tools, raw material, machinery, &c. necessary to give...
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Price of Corn and Wages of Labour, with Observations Upon Dr. Smith's, Mr ...

Sir Edward West - Agriculture - 1826 - 194 pages
...gradual and constant, the demand for labour may give a continued stimulus to an increase, of people." Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is employed in production, and consists of food, clothing, tools, raw material, machinery, &c. necessary to give...
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An Examination of Opinions Maintained in the "Essay on the Principles of ...

J. C. Ross - Economics - 1827 - 486 pages
...regulations, both modes, but particularly the latter, should be encouraged as much as possible, since capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is, or may be, employed with a view to future production, and may be increased in the same manner as riches...
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Political Economy

John BROADHURST - Economics - 1842 - 330 pages
...This is just what our writers maintain, and this naturally, if their doctrine of value be sound. " Capital is that part of the wealth of a " country which is employed in production, and " consists of food, clothing, tools, raw materials, " machinery, &c. necessary to...
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The Principles of Economical Philosophy, Volume 1

Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1872 - 712 pages
...Wealth of Nations, BI, c. 10. game " ; but we find no explanation of this word Capital till p. 89 — " Capital is that part of the Wealth of a country which is employed in production, and consists of food, clothing, tools, raw materials, machinery, &c., necessary to give...
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Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry Into the Cause of Industrial Depressions ...

Henry George - Economics - 1879 - 600 pages
...distinction of which it is not necessary to our purpose to take any note. Kicardo's definition is: " Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is employed in production, and consists of food, clothing, tools, raw materials, machinery, etc., necessary to...
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The Social Law of Labor

William Babcock Weeden - Capital - 1882 - 334 pages
...They require, too, a capital of the same kind to keep them in constant repair." 3 Kicardo says : — " Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is -,., employed in production ; and consists of food, economists clothing, tools, raw materials, machinery, etc., necesattempt...
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The Dismal Science: A Criticism on Modern English Political Economy

William Dillon - Economics - 1882 - 278 pages
...the subdivisions of circulating Capital (Wealth of Nations, book ii., chap. i.). 2. RlCARDO : — " Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is employed in production and consists of food, clothing, tools, raw materials, machinery, &c., necessary to give...
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Capital and Population: A Study of the Economic Effects of Their Relations ...

Frederick Barnard Hawley - Economics - 1882 - 288 pages
...section 1.) In Ricardo's works, chapter v, " On Wages," page 51, I find the following definition : " Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is em1 ployed in production, and consists of food, clothing, raw materials, machinery, etc., necessary...
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The Social Law of Labor

William Babcock Weeden - Capital - 1882 - 334 pages
...They require, too, a capital of the same kind to keep them in constant repair." a Eicardo says : — " Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is Other employed in production ; and consists of food, economists clothing, tools, raw materials, machinery,...
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