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7 yet it must occasionally happen that two or more individuals will feel a desire to occupy the same place , or satisfy their appetites with the same morsel of food . In all such cases one individual must give way to the other .
7 yet it must occasionally happen that two or more individuals will feel a desire to occupy the same place , or satisfy their appetites with the same morsel of food . In all such cases one individual must give way to the other .
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... the desire to consume , and the desire to save or Were every individual in a country to consume the whole of his income , whether derived from rent , wages , or profit , the amount of capital would remain stationary .
... the desire to consume , and the desire to save or Were every individual in a country to consume the whole of his income , whether derived from rent , wages , or profit , the amount of capital would remain stationary .
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I. The extent of the Demand for a thing depends on the intensity of the desire for its possession among a larger or smaller number of persons , and likewise upon their means of purchasing it . As Adam Smith long since said , “ Every ...
I. The extent of the Demand for a thing depends on the intensity of the desire for its possession among a larger or smaller number of persons , and likewise upon their means of purchasing it . As Adam Smith long since said , “ Every ...
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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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