Civilized Countries Generally Adopt Gold Or Silver

The Commercial Storm Leaves Its Path Strewn With Ruin. When It Is Over There Is Calm, But A Dull, Heavy Calm.

It Is Common To Distinguish Necessaries, Comforts, And Luxuries; The First Class Including All Things Required To Meet Wants Which Must Be Satisfied, While The Latter Consist Of Things That Meet Wants Of A Less Urgent Character.

Every Short Statement About Economics Is Misleading (with The Possible Exception Of My Present One).

Again, Most Of The Chief Distinctions Marked By Economic Terms Are Differences Not Of Kind But Of Degree.

All Wealth Consists Of Desirable Things; That Is, Things Which Satisfy Human Wants Directly Or Indirectly: But Not All Desirable Things Are Reckoned As Wealth.