 The things which have the greatest value in use have frequently little or no value in exchange; and on the contrary, those which have the greatest value in exchange have frequently little or no value in use. Nothing is more useful than water: but it will...  Principles of Economics - Side 107av Henry Rogers Seager - 1917 - 662 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 sider
...any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it. IN order to inveftigate the principles which regulate the exchangeable value of commodities, I fhall... | |
 | 1797 - 980 sider
...any thing can be had in exchange for it. Л diamond, on. the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it. CRAYON PAINTING. THE following is thé copy of a biicript found rtmong the papers of It:: Francis Cotes,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 sider
...in use. Nothing is more useful than water ; but it will purchase scarce any thing ; scarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary,-...other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it. In order to investigate the principles which regulate the exchangeable value of commodities, I shall... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 520 sider
...any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it. In order to inveftigate the principles which regulate the exchangeable value of commo-i dities, I fhall... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 530 sider
...any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary, has fcarce any value in ufe ; but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it. In order to inveftigate the principles which regulate the exchangeable value of commo'dities, I mall... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 sider
...in use. Nothing is more useful than water, but it will purchase scarce any thing ; scarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary,...goods may frequently be had in exchange for it."* Adam Smith further inquires, what is the real measure of this exchangeable value, or wherein consists... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1821 - 510 sider
...use. Nothing is more useful than water, " but it will purchase scarce any thing; scarce " any thing can be had in exchange for it. A " diamond, on the...goods " may frequently be had in exchange for it." Nature works for us gratuitously; and when she supplies us with articles in such abundance, that no... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1828 - 348 sider
...term value ?- 761. What illustration does he give of the value in use, au.d the value in exchange ? but a very great quantity of other goods may frequently be had in exchange for it." Later writers on political economy, whose opinion I have followed, have rather gone farther than differed... | |
 | Samuel Read - 1829 - 440 sider
...in use. Nothing is more useful than water ; but it will purchase scarce any thing, scarce any thing can be had in exchange for it. A diamond, on the contrary,...goods may frequently be had in exchange for it."* Thus, then, we perceive, that the words wealth, property, value, have all a more general and a limited... | |
 | Samuel Read - 1829 - 444 sider
...exchange for it. A diamond, on the con* Words of Dr Smith : Wealth of Nations, book i. chap. 7. trary , has scarce any value in use ; but a very great quantity...goods may frequently be had in exchange for it."* Thus, then, we perceive, that the words wealth, property, value, have all a more general and a limited... | |
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