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An abundant supply causes each producer to lower his prices , and thus enables ... For doing this the dealers of provisions are often exposed to odium , as if they were the cause of the scarcity ; while in reality they are performing ...
An abundant supply causes each producer to lower his prices , and thus enables ... For doing this the dealers of provisions are often exposed to odium , as if they were the cause of the scarcity ; while in reality they are performing ...
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CAUSES OF POVERTY . ... then — the most gross and palpable mismanagement of the resources at the disposal of man , in his collective or individual capacity - is , we maintain , the sole cause of the existence of want or poverty upon ...
CAUSES OF POVERTY . ... then — the most gross and palpable mismanagement of the resources at the disposal of man , in his collective or individual capacity - is , we maintain , the sole cause of the existence of want or poverty upon ...
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It is also the cause of great improvement in their quality , by rousing the emulation of the native manufacturer , and offering him models for imitation . In fact , to prevent the introduction of foreign fabrics to compete with our own ...
It is also the cause of great improvement in their quality , by rousing the emulation of the native manufacturer , and offering him models for imitation . In fact , to prevent the introduction of foreign fabrics to compete with our own ...
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Contents
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE On the Coincidence of | 1 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY DEDUCED | 40 |
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| Title | Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain Reprints of economic classics |
| Author | George Poulett Scrope |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A. M. Kelley, 1969 |
| ISBN | 067800563X, 9780678005637 |
| Length | 457 pages |
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