Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.

The love for money is only one among many.

Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one).

The hope that poverty and ignorance may gradually be extinguished derives indeed much support from the steady progress of the working classes during the 19th century.

Political Economy or Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life.

Nature's action is complex: and nothing is gained in the long run by pretending that it is simple, and trying to describe it in a series of elementary propositions.

Consumption may be regarded as negative production.