The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 90
... profit , the native and im- mediate forces by which it is determined , have been lost sight of so as to carry a mysticism into the science , in all those places of it where profit enters as an element into its reasonings . On this ...
... profit , the native and im- mediate forces by which it is determined , have been lost sight of so as to carry a mysticism into the science , in all those places of it where profit enters as an element into its reasonings . On this ...
Page 92
... profit . The effect has been mistaken for the efficient . land that is said to yield no as representing the aggregate of wages and profit . At most it is but the measure , and not the deter- minator , of the sum of these two . The wages ...
... profit . The effect has been mistaken for the efficient . land that is said to yield no as representing the aggregate of wages and profit . At most it is but the measure , and not the deter- minator , of the sum of these two . The wages ...
Page 93
... profit , and when profit rises , it can only be at the expense of wages - the one being high when the other is low , and conversely . The strange conclusion educed from this is , that by increasing the wages of labour , we are on the ...
... profit , and when profit rises , it can only be at the expense of wages - the one being high when the other is low , and conversely . The strange conclusion educed from this is , that by increasing the wages of labour , we are on the ...
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