 MONEY is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce, but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which renders the motion of...  Putnam's Monthly - Seite 4961853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | David Hume - 1788
...inftrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchahge of one commodity for another. It is none of of -the "wheels of trade: It is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more fmooth and eafy. If •we confider any one kingdom by itfelf,; it is evident, thar the/ greater or... | |
 | 1762
...the inflrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more fmooth and caly. If we confider any one kingdom by itfelf, it is evident, that the greater or lefs... | |
 | David Hume - 1804 - 527 Seiten
...the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : It is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy. If we consider -any one kingdom by itself, it is evident, that the greater or less plenty of money... | |
 | David Hume - 1809
...the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : It is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy. If we consider any one kingdom by itself, it is evident, that the greater or less plenty of money is... | |
 | ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. - 1814
...which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another.' And he adds, ' It is none of the wheels of trade; it is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy.' How money, figuratively speaking, can be an instrument, and yet not a wheel, but oil for a wheel; or... | |
 | 1824
...instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is not one of the wheels of trade ; it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy ! An Italian Political Economist, of considerable repute, defines money, " a commodity — a metal,... | |
 | 1824
...instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is not one of the wheels of trade ; it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy ! An Italian Political Economist, of considerable repute, defines money, " a commodity — a metal,... | |
 | David Hume - 1854
...the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy. If we consider any one kingdom by itself, it is evident that the greater or less plenty of money is... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey - 1865
...the instrument which all have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy." Had he, however, found it asserted by any other writer that corn, wine, and the flesh of sheep«and... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey - 1865
...agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trude : it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy." Had he, however, found it asserted by any other writer that corn, wine, and the flesh of sheep and... | |
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