... should pay
him the rent ofthe first, the profit ofthe second, andthe wages ofthe third. The whole,
however, is commonly considered as the earnings of his labour. Both rent and profit are, in ... from their ignorance ofthe compass, men were
afraid to quit the view ofthe coast, and from the imperfection ofthe art of shipbuilding, to
abandon themselves to the boisterous waves ofthe ... or for other goods, over and above what may be sufficient to pay the price
of the materials, andthe wages ofthe workmen, something must be given for the profits ofthe
undertaker ofthe work...
... that of a nailer in the
remote and inland parts ofthe Highlands of Scotland. Such a workman at
the rate of a thousand nails a day, and three hundred working days in the
TheWealthofNations ... harrower, the
sower ofthe seed, andthe reaper ofthe corn, are often the same. The
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to suit their occasional importations to what, they judge, is likely to be
the ... part of this revenue, or
to contract debts, and what have been the effects of those debts upon the
real wealth, the annual produce ofthe land and labour ofthe society.
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THE rise and fall in the profits of stock depend upon the same causes with
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the rise and fall in the wages of labour, the increasing or declining state
of thewealthofthe society; ... ancient
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oughly established and well known, the competition reduces them to the
level of other trades.
Secondly, this equality in the whole ofthe advantages and disadvant-
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fluctuating. But the profit of some ofthe dealers must necessarily fluctu-
ate with the price ofthe commodities. The operations ofthe speculative
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in...
... place
is of very little importance to the real wealthand prosperity ofthe world,
to the real value ofthe annual produce ofthe land and labour of mankind.
Its nominal value, the quantity of gold and ... wages ofthe labour, the profits ofthe stock, and
the rent ofthe land, which must be paid in order to bring it from the mine
to the market. In the greater part ofthe silver mines of Peru, the ... of many of them still. The same causes which gradually
raise the price of butcher’s meat, the increase ofthe demand, and, in con-
sequence ofthe improvement ofthe country, the diminution of...
... (such as the booby-trapping of temples), the use of
poison, the destroying of wells andthe sowing of dissension in the
enemy’s ranks.
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Thestruggleformoderationinwarhasbeenalong
one – and one ... world of inde-
pendent political communities bound together by the rule of law rather
than by the sovereignty of a single emperor. The Chinese can therefore
be said to have been the pioneers ofthe ... the law of war. It tells the story, in narrative form,
of the interplay through the centuriesbetween,ontheonehand,legal
ideasaboutwarand,ontheotherhand,statepracticeinwarfare.Neff
covers the emergence,...
... from their
ignorance ofthe compass, men were afraid to quit the view of the
coast, and from the imperfection ofthe art of shipbuilding, to
abandon themselves to the boisterous waves ofthe ocean. ... Systems, or of those
Systems of Political Economy which represent the
Produce of Land as either the sole or the principal
Source ofthe Revenue andWealth every Country 880
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Of the Component Parts ofthe Price of
Commodities 73
Chapter VII.
Of the Natural and Market Price of
Commodities 83
Chapter VIII.
Of the Wages of Labour 96
Chapter IX.
Of the Profits of...
... which the shepherd clips the
wool. The miner, the builder ofthe furnace for smelting the ore,
the seller ofthe timber, the burner ofthe charcoal to be made use
of in the smelting-house, the ... from their
ignorance ofthe compass, men were afraid to quit the view of the
coast, and from the imperfection ofthe art of shipbuilding, to
abandon themselves to the boisterous waves ofthe ocean. ... of every sort of labour, and that they should always
be much later in extending themselves into the inland parts of the
country. The inland parts ofthe country can for a long time have
no other...
... during
the midday hours ofthe summer, all ofthe test cells became ex-
tremely hot, up to 176 degrees Fahrenheit (80°C), as they baked
in the desert sun. Due to the temperature sensitivity ofthe ... reduce
the overall cost of solar arrays much, even if the price ofthe ex-
pensive material dropped to zero.
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Why? Because the cost of
other materials such as copper, glass, plastics, and aluminum, ... often
shocked by the underwhelming performance of their solar ar-
rays in the real world. For example, roof jobs may require that
they disconnect, remove, and reinstall their rooftop arrays. Yet...
... snapshot ofwealth for 120 countries at the
turn ofthe millennium aims to deepen our understanding ofthe linkages
between development outcomes andthe level and composition of wealth.
Figures 1 and ... assesses thewealthofthe planet
in the year 2000. In speaking ofwealth we are returning to the ideas of
the classical economists, who viewed land, labor, and produced capital
as the primary ... facilitate comparisons.
What the Data Reveal
H
aving explained the methods and caveats in the estimation of wealth,
the remainder ofthe chapter is devoted to an overview ofthewealth
estimates. Subsequent...
... monitor the
time course of renaturation and strand exchange activ-
ities of OsDmc1. The renaturation activity was found
to be stimulated in the presence of ATP and was satur-
ated at 1.25 lm of OsDmc1. ... physical union and separation of complementary
strands during renaturation and strand exchange,
respectively, and thereby assesses the recombinase
activity of OsDmc1, as has been shown for other rec-
ombinase ... and strand exchange activities of OsDmc1 have
been studied, in real time and without the steps of deproteinization, using
fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). The extent as well as the
rate...