William Stanley Jevons Quotes about Giving

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What capital I give for the spade merely replaces what the manufacturer had already invested in the expectation that the spade would be needed.

Giving, Expectations, Would Be

William Stanley Jevons (1871). “The Theory of Political Economy”, p.218

One pound invested for five years gives the same result as five pounds invested for one year, the product being five pound years.

Years, Giving, Pounds

William Stanley Jevons (1970). “The Theory of Political Economy”, Penguin (Non-Classics)