 Capital is kept in existence from age to age not by preservation, but by perpetual reproduction: every part of it is used and destroyed, generally very soon after it is produced, but those who consume it are employed meanwhile in producing more.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4221848Full view - About this book
 | England - 1848 - 788 pages
...devoted to unproductive use. If we except bridges and aqueducts, (to which may sometimes be added tanks and embankments,) there are few instances of any edifice...which has been of great duration : such buildings do nothold out against wear and tear, nor is it good economy to construct them of the solidity necessary... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Business & Economics - 1848 - 622 pages
...devoted to unproductive use. If we except bridges and aqueducts (to which may sometimes be added tanks and embankments,) there are few instances of any edifice...is used and destroyed, generally very soon after it is produced, but those who consume -it are employed meanwhile in producing more. The growth of capital... | |
 | England - 1848 - 802 pages
...we except bridges and aqueducts, (to which may sometimes be added tanks and embankments,) there arc few instances of any edifice applied to industrial...which has been of great duration : such buildings do nothold out against wear and tear, nor is it good economy to construct them of the solidity necessary... | |
 | Law - 1853 - 592 pages
...conversely, the whole of the capital of the country is devoted to production. And he elsewhere says:— " Capital is kept in existence from age to age, not...used and destroyed, generally, very soon after it is produced; but those who consume it, are employed meanwhile in producing more. The growth of capital... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1856 - 590 pages
...among them, which supply the wants and satisfy the desires of man ; and the stock of national wealth " is kept in existence from age to age, not by preservation,...by perpetual reproduction. Every part of it is used or destroyed, — generally very soon after it is produced ; but those who consume it are employed... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1859 - 576 pages
...among them, which supply the wants and satisfy the desires of man ; and the stock of national wealth " is kept in existence from age to age, not by preservation,...by perpetual reproduction. Every part of it is used or destroyed, — • generally very soon after it is produced ; but those who consume it are employed... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1859 - 586 pages
...among them, which supply the wants and satisfy the desires of man ; and the stock of national wealth " is kept in existence from age to age, not by preservation,...by perpetual reproduction. Every part of it is used or destroyed, — generally very soon after it is produced; but those who consume it are employed meanwhile... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1866 - 628 pages
...unproductive use. If we except bridges and aqueducts (to which may in some countries be added tanks and embankments), there are few instances of any edifice...out against wear and tear, nor is it good economy which he loses is transferred bodily to them, and may be added to their capital : his increased personal... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Business & Economics - 1870 - 586 pages
...among them, which supply the wants and satisfy the desires of man ; and the stock of national wealth " is kept in existence from age to age, not by preservation,...by perpetual reproduction. Every part of it is used or destroyed, — generally very soon after it is produced ; but those who consume it are employed... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1870 - 512 pages
...among them, which supply the wants and satisfy the desires of man ; and the stock of national wealth " is kept in existence from age to age, not by preservation,...by perpetual reproduction. Every part of it is used or destroyed, — generally very soon after it is produced; but those who consume it are employed meanwhile... | |
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