The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 72
... capital which must take place every year , as indicated by the unimpaired sufficiency of capital for all mercantile and agri- cultural concerns . The views , then , presented in the text , on the subject of capital , have suggested to ...
... capital which must take place every year , as indicated by the unimpaired sufficiency of capital for all mercantile and agri- cultural concerns . The views , then , presented in the text , on the subject of capital , have suggested to ...
Page 90
... capital em- ployed , and the amount of its returns . Let the latter be stationary , and it is quite evident that profit will vary with the former , but in an inverse order the profit being large when the capital is small , and small ...
... capital em- ployed , and the amount of its returns . Let the latter be stationary , and it is quite evident that profit will vary with the former , but in an inverse order the profit being large when the capital is small , and small ...
Page 230
... capital . Our illustrations certainly are taken more from the case of circulating , than of fixed capital ; but the reasoning is equally solid or equally fallacious with both . Neither the fixed nor the circulating capital can be ...
... capital . Our illustrations certainly are taken more from the case of circulating , than of fixed capital ; but the reasoning is equally solid or equally fallacious with both . Neither the fixed nor the circulating capital can be ...
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