Some considerations of the consequences of lowering the interest and raising the value of money (Letter to a member of Parliament. 1691.) Short observations on a printed paper entitled, 'For encouraging the coining silver money in England' ... Further considerations concerning raising the value of money. Two treatises of governmentC. and J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... king- dom , in your trade , supposing the merchant and lender to be both Englishmen : only it will , as I have said , transfer a third part of the moneyed man's estate , who had nothing else to live on , into the merchant's pocket ; and ...
... king- dom , in your trade , supposing the merchant and lender to be both Englishmen : only it will , as I have said , transfer a third part of the moneyed man's estate , who had nothing else to live on , into the merchant's pocket ; and ...
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... king James the first's reigns , when interest was at ten per cent . was land sold for ten ; or when it was at eight per cent . for twelve and a half years purchase or any thing near the low rate , that high use required ( if it were ...
... king James the first's reigns , when interest was at ten per cent . was land sold for ten ; or when it was at eight per cent . for twelve and a half years purchase or any thing near the low rate , that high use required ( if it were ...
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... king , or his landlord ; or half , or a quarter , or none at all to the king ; the case is all one to him , what hand receives his rent , when due : so trade flourishes , and his commodities go off well , he will be able to pay his rent ...
... king , or his landlord ; or half , or a quarter , or none at all to the king ; the case is all one to him , what hand receives his rent , when due : so trade flourishes , and his commodities go off well , he will be able to pay his rent ...
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... king's coffers , or else the necessities of the govern , ment will not be supplied : that for raising these three millions on commodities , and bringing so much into the exchequer , there must go a great deal more than three millions ...
... king's coffers , or else the necessities of the govern , ment will not be supplied : that for raising these three millions on commodities , and bringing so much into the exchequer , there must go a great deal more than three millions ...
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... king James I. and Charles I. time , when money was at ten and eight per cent . I will not say high interest was the cause of it . For I rather think , that our thriving trade was the cause of high interest , every one craving money to ...
... king James I. and Charles I. time , when money was at ten and eight per cent . I will not say high interest was the cause of it . For I rather think , that our thriving trade was the cause of high interest , every one craving money to ...
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