Absence Quote by Alfred Marshall

“In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the term Goods for that purpose.” quote by Alfred Marshall — Download Open image

“In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the term Goods for that purpose.”

Alfred Marshall

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Knowledge is our most powerful engine of production.

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In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.

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Though a simple book can be written on selected topics, the central doctrines of economics are not simple and cannot be made so.

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