1.0Fortune Insighthttps://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web曾國平教授https://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web/posts/author/byrontkprich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web/posts/487459">亞當史密的土地問題(一)</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web/posts/487459/embed" width="600" height="338" title="“亞當史密的土地問題(一)” — Fortune Insight" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://prime.fortuneinsight.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Presentation1.jpg538496終於去到第十一章，亦即係第一卷最後一章，題為Of the Rent of Land，篇幅超長，佔成本書大約九份一，內容好豐富。 仲記得上年響Medium寫呢個系列，呢一章只係輕輕帶過，一來怕太長太趕客，二來自己都唔敢話好有把握。搬到呢度寫，唔知道有幾多個讀者，亦唔理得有幾個讀者，心態上係為自己做讀書筆記，反而更加認真，於是再讀呢一章，打算分四次寫，希望有個徹底了解。 首先，之前都講過，地租係「剩餘」的價值，俾完利潤俾完人工，剩底的就由地主擁有。更準確的講法，地租係榨到盡的一條數，岩岩夠俾利潤同人工，夠做到件貨品出來就可以。 Rent, considered as the price paid for the use of land, is naturally the highest which the tenant can afford to pay in the actual circumstances of the land.  至於地租係從何而來的呢？勞工會出力，資本家會出錢冒險，咁地主又做乜呢？其實係冇乜，純粹就係因為佢有地在手，於是亞當史密就話地租係一個壟斷價格，總之租地果個俾到幾多就幾多。 The rent of land, therefore, considered as the price paid for the use of the land, is naturally […]