Again two manufacturers may employ the same amount of fixed, and the same amount of circulating capital; but the durability of their fixed capitals may be very unequal.

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If we were left to ourselves, unfettered by legislative enactments, we should gradually withdraw our...

If we were left to ourselves, unfettered by legislative enactments, we should gradually withdraw our...

If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent...

If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent...

If then the prosperity of the commercial classes, will most certainly lead to accumulation of...

If then the prosperity of the commercial classes, will most certainly lead to accumulation of...

The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it...

The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it...

There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits.

There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits.

A rise in wages, from an alteration in the value of money, produces a general...

A rise in wages, from an alteration in the value of money, produces a general...

A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise...

A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise...

As the revenue of the farmer is realized in raw produce, or in the value...

As the revenue of the farmer is realized in raw produce, or in the value...

If the quantity of labour realized in commodities, regulate their exchangeable value, every increase of...

If the quantity of labour realized in commodities, regulate their exchangeable value, every increase of...

But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with...

But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with...

Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and...

Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and...

In stating the principles which regulate exchangeable value and price, we should carefully distinguish between...

In stating the principles which regulate exchangeable value and price, we should carefully distinguish between...

Whenever, then, the usual and ordinary rate of the profits of agricultural stock, and all...

Whenever, then, the usual and ordinary rate of the profits of agricultural stock, and all...

Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange...

Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange...

The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital,...

The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital,...

Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but...

Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but...

After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated,...

After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated,...

The proportions, too, in which the capital that is to support labour, and the capital...

The proportions, too, in which the capital that is to support labour, and the capital...

If a commodity were in no way useful, - in other words, if it could...

If a commodity were in no way useful, - in other words, if it could...

The exchangeable value of all commodities, rises as the difficulties of their production increase.

The exchangeable value of all commodities, rises as the difficulties of their production increase.