...that he has said on the subject, in order that the reader may be fully in possession of his vie ws^ " Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth,...original and indestructible powers of the soil. It ia often, however, confounded with the interest and profit of capital, and in popular language the...

...that he has said on the subject, in order that the reader may be fully in possession of his views. " Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the origmal and indestructible powers of the soil. It is often, however, confounded with the interest and...

...deficiency in the quantity. It indeed seems a startling proposition, from one who defines rent to be "that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the owner of land for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil," that rent is increased...

...over that quantity of capital. — Principles, p. 36G. RICARDO. (Principles, #c.) 3rd Ed. 1 . Rent. That portion of the produce of the earth which is...original and indestructible powers of the soil.— p. 53. 2. Wages. The labourer's proportion of the produce. — Chap. v. 3. Profit. The capitalist's...

...Mr. Ricardo (and Messrs. M'CulIoch, Mill, and many other economists have adopted his definition)," Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible natural powers of the sail."—(Ricardo, Political Economy, chap. ii. ; Mill's Elements, p. 39; M'Culloch's...

...neglected to qualify the without insisting upon this, what is the definition ? " Rent," says Ricardo, " is that portion of the produce of the earth which...the original and indestructible powers of the soil." Can this definition be sustained ? Certainly not. The word "indestructible" is liable to challenge;...

...and deserved celebrity. I agree with Mr. Ricardo (Principles of Political Economy, page 491), that ' rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is given to the landlord for the use of the soil ;' but I cannot agree with him when he says (page 571),...

...profits of the capital employed ; " and Mr. Bicardo, in his Principles of Political Economy, calls it, " that portion of the produce of the earth which is...the original and indestructible powers of the soil." — Tr. prise, as is usually done, hunters, fishermen, shepherds, and all those who collect the spontaneous...

...expenditure of a given quantity of capital, over that quantity of capital. — Principles, p. 366. earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of...the original and indestructible powers of the soil. — p. 53. 2. Wages. The labourer's proportion of the produce. — Chap. v. 3. Profit. The capitalist's...

...of Fearne, on Contingent Jlemaiiuitrt and Executory Devitei. KENT is defined by Mr. Ricardo to be " that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the indestructible powers of the soil. It is often, however (he remarks), coufounded with the interest...