... millions, and the means of subsistence just sufficient for half that number And at the conclusion ofthe first century thepopulation would be one hundred and twelve millions and the means of subsistence ... superiority ofthe power ofpopulation to the means of subsistence the cause ofthe great tide of Northern Emigration In the rudest state of mankind, in which hunting is the principal occupation, and the ... criterion ofthe real average increase ofpopulation Best criterion of a permanent increase ofpopulation Great frugality of living one ofthe causes ofthe famines of China and Indostan—Evil...
... the earth, and now holds in slavery a larger number of human minds than any other herb Effects of Tobacco upon Animal Life To the organs of smell and taste in their natural condition, it is one ... fled onthe appearance ofthe disease, the mortality will be still greater In Havana, after the announcement ofthe foregoing mortality, and after a subsidence ofAnEssayonthe Influence of Tobacco ... applied one drop ofthe empyreumatic oil of tobacco to the tongue of a cat; it occasioned immediate convulsions and an accelerated breathing Five minutes after, the animal lay down onthe side, and...
... relating to them SECTION IV OfPopulation and Wealth SECTION V Of National Defence and Conquest SECTION VI Of Civil Liberty SECTION VII Ofthe History of Arts SECTION VIII Ofthe History of Literature ... IV OF CONSEQUENCES THAT RESULT FROM THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL ARTS SECTION I Ofthe Separation of Arts and Professions SECTION II Ofthe Subordination consequent to the Separation ... Separation of Arts and Professions SECTION III Ofthe Manners of Polished and Commercial Nations SECTION IV The same subject continued ***** PART V OFTHE DECLINE OF NATIONS SECTION I Of supposed National...
... main reasons: The first and also the leading reason is that they have no one to read and comment their writings (41.7% ofthe respondents); the second one is due to the difficulties they have ... comparisons- one ofthe scores within the EG and the other of those between students of EG and of CG- that the obtained t-test values are bigger than the critical t-test: 2.0017 This means the difference ... learning of this subject in terms of their improvement in the writing ability and their enhanced level of participation in the classroom activities 1.5 Significance ofthe study Writing is one of the...
... ANESSAYONTHE NATURE ftf SIGNIFICANCE OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE BY LIONEL ROBBINS Professor of Economics in the University of London SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND EXTENDED MACMILLAN AND CO., ... discuss and what may legitimately be expected as a result of their discussions Thus onthe one hand it may be regarded as a commentary onthe methods and assumptions of pure theory: onthe other hand, ... ignorant or the perverse But they have achieved no unanimity concerning the ultimate nature ofthe common subject-matter of these generalisations The central chapters ofthe standard works on Economics...
... trace the effects of this decision onthe whole complex of "scarcity relationships" on wages, on profits, on prices, on rates of capitalisation, and the organisation of production Onthe contrary, ... in the various phases ofthe Russian experiment I THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF ECONOMICS 19 organisation of production must depend onthe valuations ofthe final organiser, just as the organisation of ... attitude of these two authors 18 SIGNIFICANCE OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE OH wide field of our definition, the attention of economists is focused chiefly onthe complications ofthe Exchange Economy The...
... valuations ofthe producers and consumers connected with it It is out ofthe interplay ofthe given systems of ends onthe one side and the material and technical potentialities onthe other, that the ... sort of consideration, especially the remarks on pp 14-16 on balance in consumption ii ENDS AND MEANS 31 moment, it may be replied that the objection rests upon a misconception ofthe significance ... a contention, however, would rest upon a misconception It is true that the scarcity of materials is one ofthe limitations of conduct But the scarcity of our own time and the services of others...
... Economics and removes all possible grounds of conflict between them The nature of Economic Theory is clear It is the study ofthe formal implications of these relationships of ends and means on ... description of this stream of events; it concentrates upon the description of a certain aspect thereofa changing network of economic relationships,2 the effect on values in the economic sense of changes ... organisation From the point of view ofthe political historian, its interest consists in the changes in political organisation, the new relations of rulers and subjects, the emergence ofthe national...
... Both the concept of world money income and the national money income have strict significance only for monetary theory the one in relation to the general theory of indirect exchange, the other ... main divisions, the theory of production and the theory of distribution, and the task of these theories has been to explain the causes determining the size ofthe "total product" and the causes ... with the causes ofthe wealth of nations, and did in fact make many remarks onthe general question ofthe conditions of opulence which are of great importance in any history of applied Economics,...
... assumption of one ofthe conditions which must be present if there is to be economic activity at all It is an essential constituent of our conception of conduct with an economic aspect The propositions ... distribution of goods between different uses, of equilibrium of exchange and ofthe formation of prices As we pass from the description ofthe behaviour ofthe single individual to the discussion of ... so far mentioned all relate to the theory ofthe valuation of given goods In the elementary theory of value and exchange no inquiry is made into the conditions of continuous production If we assume...
... rests upon misapprehension The propositions ofthe theory of variations not involve the assumption that men are actuated only by considerations of money gains and losses They involve only the assumption ... behind the homo œconomieus the occasional assumption that in certain exchange relationships all the means, so to speak, are on one side and all the ends onthe other If, e.g., for purposes of demonstrating ... in the chain of causal explanation If the argument of this section is correct, this question must be answered in the affirmative But now the question arises whether the generalisations of economics,...
... entering the market It is a function ofthe availability of other foods It is a function ofthe quantity and quality ofthepopulation It is a function ofthe distribution of income within the community ... an example from the theory of money It will be clear from an inspection ofthe actual procedure of banks of issue that the efEect upon the supply of money in the widest sense of given additions ... factors of production, ignorance ofthe future, and the other qualitative postulates of his theory, is the economist then excused from the obligation of maintaining further contact with reality? The...
... The others come from outside We can see the relevance of these distinctions to the problem of prognosis if we consider once more the implications ofthe theory of money Given certain assumptions ... technique of analysis could predict the trends of inventions leading onthe one hand to the coming ofthe railway, onthe other to the internal combustion engine Even if we think that, if we know the ... that the more one has of anything the less one values additional units thereof Therefore, it is said, the more real income one has, the less one values additional units of income Therefore the...
... and a diminution ofthe value of capital This is one ofthe most elementary deductions from the theory of economic equilibrium The history of this country since the War is one long vindication ... SIGNIFICANCE OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE 145 simply point out the implications as regards the disposal of means of production ofthe various patterns of ends which may be chosen For this reason, the use ofthe ... generalisation, and that there is nothing to be gained by invoking the sanctions of one to reinforce the conclusions ofthe other And, quite apart from all questions of methodology, there is a very...
... EXPOSITION OFTHE IDEA OF JUSTICE AND IN JUSTICE, AND A DETERMINATION OFTHEPRINCIPLEOF GOVERNMENT AND OF RIGHT PART % Ofthe Moral Sense in Man and the Animals % Ofthe First and Second Degrees of ... second "Petition," which was deposited with the first in the office ofthe Secretary ofthe Assembly, the guardian and guarantee, according to the constitution of 1852, ofthe principles of '89 ... enter the ranks ofthe competitors for the Suard pension This pension consisted ofan income of fifteen hundred francs bequeathed to the Academy of Besancon by Madame Suard, the widow ofthe academician,...
... NOTICED CASUALLY IN THE STREET THE SUBJECT OF I WAS A MAN OF ABOUT SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE, OF A REMARKABLE A THLETIC FRAME THE AGITA TION OFTHE LIMBS, AND INDEED OFTHE HEAD AND OFTHE WHOLE BODY, ... MITIGA TION OF SUFFERING FROM THE AGITA TION OFTHE LIMBS IS DENIED PROPENSITY TO LEAN FORWARD THE BECOMES INVINCIBLE, AND THE PA TIENT IS THEREBY FORCED TO STEP ONTHE TOES AND FORE PAR OFTHE FEET ... THOGNOMONIC SYMPTOMS OF THIS MALADY TO DETERMINE IN WHICH OF THESE POINTS OF VIEW THESE AFFECTIONS OUGHT T BE REGARDED, AN EXAMINA TION INTO THEIR NA TURE, AND AN INQUIRY INTO THE OPINIONS OF PRECEDING...
... special attention as the continent attempts to weather the storm in view ofthe G20 summit (Section 3) Section concludes onthe role ofthe African Development Bank Update onthe Outlook Economic Prospects ... DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP An Update onthe Impact ofthe Financial Crisis on African Economies Meeting ofthe Committee of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Dar Es-Salaam, Tanzania March ... Financial Regulation, Supervision, and Surveillance 3.3 Since the beginning of 2009, the governance and regulation of financial institutions and markets have been in the spotlights Within the...
... explores the relation between theprincipleof legality and the general theory of criminal law in the context ofthe structure and the development oftheprincipleof legality in human society ... interpretation technique,60 and policy of easing the burden of proof.61 In American law theprincipleof legality is considered to be one ofthe basic foundations of criminal law At the heart oftheprinciple ... wider than the social legitimacy of court decisions In most constitutional legal systems, the superiority ofthe constitution and of constitutional provisions rests onthe reflection of a wide...
... Classification of conversion 1.4.1 Traditional & occasional conversion A Traditional conversion Traditional conversion is the type of conversion commonly and traditionally used by the public E.g.: hand ... Name of animals: The noun is the name ofan animal, the verb denotes an action or aspect of behavior considered typical ofthe animal E.g monkey – to monkey Fox – to fox 1.3.3 Name of parts of ... speak of ―change of secondary word class‖ 10 Unlike Sweet (1898), who mentions the change of word class as well as the required formal changes as the conditions for the recognition of conversion,...