by law or custom, such as stamps, professional
fees, duties, &c
The price of some things are arbitrarily fixed
by law or custom, such as stamps, professional
fees, duties, &c.
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made Egypt still more important
After the building of the Canal, the command of this short cut to India
made Egypt still more important. England bought shares in the Canal, so
using finance as a means to a political object; and it did so still more
effectively when it used the Egyptian default and the claims of English
bondholders as […]
The Toyota Way.
The Toyota Way
by: Jeffrey Liker
publisher: McGraw-Hill
, released: 17 December, 2003
price: $18.45 (new), $10.87 (used)
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prevent loss or damage in cases of remote risk;
indeed almost any chance of loss through the
possibility of something improbable occurring
may be guarded against by insurance
There are other special modes of insurance to
prevent loss or damage in cases of remote risk;
indeed almost any chance of loss through the
possibility of something improbable occurring
may […]
over the stepping stones of uncomfortable experience, borrowing
countries will see that it really pays them to pay their yearly bills
out of yearly taxes, and that they are only hurting themselves when they
mortgage their future revenue for loans, the spending of which is not
going to help them to produce more goods and so raise more revenue
without […]
sum than the value of the property insured, as it
would be paying more premium for no purpose
Insurances should never be made for a greater
sum than the value of the property insured, as it
would be paying more premium for no purpose.
The offices take good care that they pay no more
than the actual […]
is informed by his Minister of Marine that a battleship must at once be
added to its fleet because his next door neighbour is thought to be
thinking of making himself stronger on the water, while his Minister of
Finance protests that it is impossible, without the risk of serious
trouble, to add anything further to the burdens of […]
at the Bank of England himself accompanied
by his broker, and then and there have the
transfer made and the money paid
In order to sell stock the holder may attend
at the Bank of England himself accompanied
by his broker, and then and there have the
transfer made and the money paid. But this
would be […]
which the writer, Dr
An interesting book has lately appeared in America, called ‘Income,’ in
which the writer, Dr. Scott Nearing, of the University of Pennsylvania,
draws a very sharp distinction between service income and property
income, implying, if I read him aright, that property income is an
unjust extortion. This is how he states his case:–[1]
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The Fred Factor: How passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
The Fred Factor: How passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary
by: Mark Sanborn
publisher: Currency
, released: 20 April, 2004
price: $10.17 (new), $5.12 (used)
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