
Source: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter V, On Wages, p. 52
Source: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter XVI, Taxes on Wages, p. 141
Source: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter V, On Wages, p. 52
Source: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter XXX, Influence of Demand and Supply, p. 260
“But if the labourers could live on air they could not be bought at any price.”
Vol. I, Ch. 24, Section 4, pg. 657.
(Buch I) (1867)
‘Foreword’ (1961) to A Century of Bank Rate (1962, 2nd ed.), p. xxii.
A Century of Bank Rate (1938)
“Labour was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things.”
It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange it for some new productions, is precisely equal to the quantity of labour which it can enable them to purchase or command.
Source: The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I, Chapter V, p. 38.
Source: An Essay on The Principle of Population (First Edition 1798, unrevised), Chapter V, paragraph 13, lines 1-3
Source: Debunking Economics - The Naked Emperor Of The Social Sciences (2001), Chapter 4, Size Does Matter, p. 101
Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter I, p. 290
“Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labour.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
Grundrisse (1857-1858)
Source: Notebook I, The Chapter on Money, p. 58.