 | Adam Smith - Division of labor - 1786 - 538 pages
...to the 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...the materials which he works upon, that of his own * Some French authors of great learning and ingenuity have ufed thofe words in a different fenfe. In... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 550 pages
...the 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...the materials which he works upon, that of his own • * Some French authors of great learning and ingenuity Lave ufed thofe words in a different fenfe.... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1801 - 362 pages
...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...works upon , that of his own maintenance , and of his malter's profit. The labor of a menial fervant , on the contrary, adds to the value of nothing. Though... | |
 | James Maitland Earl of Lauderdale - Wealth - 1804 - 506 pages
..." 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...upon, «« that of his own maintenance and of his " mafter's profit f." Above * Wealth of Nations, vol. ip 5 7. 410 edit. \ Ibid. p. 400. The following... | |
 | James Maitland Earl of Lauderdale - Economics - 1804 - 504 pages
...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...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. p. 400. The followiug... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 544 pages
...to the value of the fubject upon n. which it is beflowed : there is another which ]n ' has no fuch effect. The former, as it produces a value, may be...the materials which he works upon, that of his own * Some French authors of great learning and ingenuity have ufed thofe words in a different fenfe. In... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 852 pages
...value of the fubjecl; upon Hwhich it is beftowed : there is another which 1M ' has no fuch effefil. The former, as it produces a value, may be called...the materials which he works upon, that of his own * Some French authors of great learning and ingenuity have ufed thofe words in a different fenfe. In... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 pages
...labour. 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,...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 - Political science - 1814 - 408 pages
...of labour," he observes, '« 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 produce* " a value, may be called productive, the latter «« unproductive, labour. Thus the labour... | |
 | Simon Gray - Economics - 1817 - 366 pages
...sort of labour," he affirms *i *' which adds to the value of the subject on which it is bestowed : there is another which has no such effect. The former,...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... | |
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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. 
