 It is not the actual greatness of national wealth, but its continual increase, which occasions a rise in the wages of labour. It is not, accordingly, in the richest countries, but in the most thriving, or in those which are growing rich the fastest, that...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 2581832Full view - About this book
 | James Malcolm (land surveyor.) - 1805 - 494 lehte
...increases with the " increase of national wealth, and cannot possibly " increase without it. ,-,••• "It is not the actual greatness of national "wealth, but its continual increase which oc" elisions a rise in the wages of labour. : -: - w In Great Britain the wages of labour seem in 11... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 lehte
...naturally increases with the increase of national wealth, and cannot possibly increase without it. It is not the actual greatness of national wealth,...are highest. England is certainly, in the present times, a much richer country than any part of North America. The wages of labour, however, are much... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 452 lehte
...national wealth, but its contimtal increase, which occasions a rise in the wages' of labour. It istnot, accordingly, in the richest countries,. but in 'the...are highest. England is certainly, in the present times, a much richer country than any part of North America. The wages of labour, how;ever, are much... | |
 | John Wade - 1833 - 674 lehte
...greatness of national wealth, but its progressive augmentation, which occasions a rise in the price of labour. It is not, accordingly, in the richest...in those which are growing rich the fastest, that wages are highest. England is certainly a richer country than any part of the United States ; wages,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 lehte
...naturally increases with the increase of national wealth, and cannot possibly increase without it. It is not the actual greatness of national wealth, but its continual increase, which oc casions a rise in the wages of labour. It is not, accordingly, in the richest countries, but in... | |
 | Joseph Salway Eisdell - 1839 - 636 lehte
...naturally increases with the increase of national wealth, and cannot possibly increase without it. " It is not the actual greatness of national wealth,...wages of labour are highest. England is certainly a much richer country than any part of North America. The wages of labour, however, are much higher... | |
 | 1843 - 698 lehte
...naturally increases wiih the increase of national ivealth, and cannot possibly increase without il. It is not the actual greatness of national wealth, but its continual increate, which occasions a rise in the wages of labour. It is not, accordingly, in the riches(t countries,... | |
 | James Taylor (of Bakewell.) - 1852 - 96 lehte
...gradually on the increase ; and he lays it down as a maxim, that " It is not the actual greatness " of the national wealth, but its continual increase " which occasions a rise in the wages of labour." He remarks that some persons were disposed to attribute the gradual rise in the money price of labour... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1854 - 580 lehte
...wages, therefore, naturally increases with the increase of national wealth, and cannot possibly without. It is not the actual greatness of national wealth,...labour are highest. England is certainly in the present times a much richer country than any part of North America. The wages of labour, however, are much... | |
 | William Atkinson - 1858 - 698 lehte
...naturally increases with the increase of national wealth, and cannot possibly increase without it. It is not the actual greatness of national wealth,...the fastest, that the wages of labour are highest." f And again : — " A weaver cannot apply himself entirely to » The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith,... | |
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