 | Adam Smith - 1786 - 538 sider
...value of the fubject upon c H'A p. which it is beftowed : there is another which has no fuch effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called...chapter of the fourth book, I fliall endeavour to ftiow that their fenfe is an improper one. VOL. II. B mainte/ BOTH productive and unproductive labourers,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 550 sider
...value of the fubject upon c HA P. •which it is beftowed : there is another which has no fuch effect. *The former, as it produces a value, may be called...Some French authors of great learning and ingenuity Lave ufed thofe words in a different fenfe. In the laft chapter of the fourth book, I lliall endeavour... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1801 - 362 sider
...as it produces a value, may be Called prodnctive; the latter^ unproductive * labor. Thus the labor of a manufacturer adds, generally, to the value of...the materials which he works upon , that of his own maintenance , and of his malter's profit. The labor of a menial fervant , on the contrary, adds to... | |
 | James Maitland Earl of Lauderdale - 1804 - 506 sider
..." their employer upon the whole ftock of " materials and wages which he advan" ced *." And again, " The labour of a " manufacturer adds generally to the...materials which he works upon, «« that of his own maintenance and of his " mafter's profit f." Above * Wealth of Nations, vol. ip 5 7. 410 edit. \ Ibid.... | |
 | James Maitland Earl of Lauderdale - 1804 - 504 sider
...ftock of " materials and wages which he advan" ced *." And again, " The labour of a. " manufa&urer adds generally to the value " of the materials which he works upon, ** that of his own maintenance and of his " matter's prorit f." * Wealth of Nations, vol. ip 57. 410 edit. Above f Ibid.... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 sider
...to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed ; there is another which has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called productive, the latter, unproductive* labour. Thus * Some French authors of great learning and ingenuity have used thoie words in a different sense. In... | |
 | John Craig - 1814 - 408 sider
...'« which it is bestowed : there is another which " has no such effect. The former, as it produce* " a value, may be called productive, the latter «« unproductive, labour. Thus the labour of a «l manufacturer adds, generally, to the value of " the materials which he works upon, that of his... | |
 | Simon Gray - 1817 - 366 sider
...adds to the value of the subject on which it is bestowed : there is another which has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called productive, the latter unproductive." This merely points out something distinct in the mere form of labour. But it is not true, that there... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1822 - 562 sider
...to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed : there is another which has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called...French authors of great learning and ingenuity have used those words in a different sense. In the last chapter of the fourth book, I shall endeavour to... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1825 - 204 sider
...to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed ; there is another which has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called...the materials which he works upon, that of his- own maintenance, wealth. Franklin in his homely way illustrates the principle by the eflect produced by... | |
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THERE is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed: there is another which has no such effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be called productive; the latter, unproductive labour. 
