The most reckless and treacherous of all theorists is he who professes to let facts and figures speak for themselves.More Alfred Marshall quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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.More Alfred Marshall quotes [01/31/2012 11:01:26]

But if inventions have increased man's power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour than in commodities.More Alfred Marshall quotes [01/31/2012 11:01:58]

We might as well reasonably dispute whether it is the upper or the under blade of a pair of scissors that cuts a piece of paper, as whether value is governed by demand or supply.More Alfred Marshall quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

The price of every thing rises and falls from time to time and place to place; and with every such change the purchasing power of money changes so far as that thing goes.More Alfred Marshall quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]