Wherefore it is impossible to succeed in comparing wealth of different eras or different nations. This, in political economy, like squaring the circle in mathematics, is impracticable, for want of a common mean or measure to go by.
I have made no distinction between the circulation of goods and of money, because there really is none. - Jean-Baptiste Say
I have made no distinction between the circulation of goods and of money, because there really is none.
- Jean-Baptiste Say
The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield. - Jean-Baptiste Say
The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield.
What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the Greeks? - Jean-Baptiste Say
What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the Greeks?
The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest. - Jean-Baptiste Say
The best scheme of finance is, to spend as little as possible; and the best tax is always the lightest.
One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money. - Jean-Baptiste Say
One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money.
The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer. - Jean-Baptiste Say
The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.
Demand and supply are the opposite extremes of the beam, whence depend the scales of dearness and cheapness; the price is the point of equilibrium, w… - Jean-Baptiste Say
Demand and supply are the opposite extremes of the beam, whence depend the scales of dearness and cheapness; the price is the point of equilibrium, w…
An uniformity of weights and measures, arranged upon mathematical principles, would be a benefit to the whole commercial world, if it were wise enoug… - Jean-Baptiste Say
An uniformity of weights and measures, arranged upon mathematical principles, would be a benefit to the whole commercial world, if it were wise enoug…
The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things i… - Jean-Baptiste Say
The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things i…
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