Ebook On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation

But in' different stages of society, the pro portions of the whole produce of the earth Which vvill be allotted to each ofi these classes, under the names of' rent, profit, and wages, will be essentially different; depending main ly on the actual 'fertility of the' soil, on the accumulation of capital and population, and on the skill, ingenuity, and instruments em ployed in agriculture.