 Labour was the first price, the original purchasemoney that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 1721856Full view - About this book
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...to contain the value of an equal quantity. Labour was the first price, the original purchase money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or...wealth of the world was originally purchased ; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange it for some new productions, is precisely... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1880 - 236 pages
...to contain the value of an equal quantity. Labour was the first price, the original purchase money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or...wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange it for some new productions, is precisely... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1884 - 604 pages
...equal quantity. Lab-jur was the first price, the original purchasemoney that was paid for all tilings. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purctuutcd ; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange it for some new »reductions... | |
 | Archibald Weir - 1886 - 644 pages
...the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities." ..." Labour was the first price, the original purchase-money, that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased ; and its value to... | |
 | Thomas Phillips Thompson - 1887 - 226 pages
...what is supposed at the time to contain the value of an equal quantity. Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money, that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or silver, but by labor that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased, and its value to those... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1888 - 676 pages
...clearly stated than in the first great text-book of political economy: "Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money, that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased." Labor gives worth to all things... | |
 | George Dana Boardman - 1889 - 396 pages
...what is supposed at the time to contain the value of an equal quantity. Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased ; and its value, to those who possess... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1891 - 726 pages
...time to contain the value of an equal quantity. Labor was the first price, the original purchase money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased ; and its value, to those who possess... | |
 | Emory Adams Allen - 1891 - 558 pages
...what we acquire by the toil of our own body. Labor was the first price, the original purchase money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased. Labor, therefore is the real measure... | |
 | Louis Mallet - 1891 - 398 pages
...is supposed at the time to contain the value of an equal quantity. Labour was the first price, the original purchase-money, that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased ; and its value to... | |
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