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POLITICAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES . 27 form of government , either abstractedly , or with reference to any particular age and country . Such an inquiry , indeed , it is at once apparent , cannot properly be instituted until a complete ...
POLITICAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES . 27 form of government , either abstractedly , or with reference to any particular age and country . Such an inquiry , indeed , it is at once apparent , cannot properly be instituted until a complete ...
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The system , therefore , would be harmless on the whole , if the articles taxed were solely luxuries , consumed by the wealthier classes ; in which case the effect of these duties would be nearly the same as of a direct tax on wealth .
The system , therefore , would be harmless on the whole , if the articles taxed were solely luxuries , consumed by the wealthier classes ; in which case the effect of these duties would be nearly the same as of a direct tax on wealth .
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In addition to the increased cost of these manufactures occasioned by the amount of the tax collected from them , the necessarily severe and vexatious regulations under which the duties are collected , have most injurious consequences .
In addition to the increased cost of these manufactures occasioned by the amount of the tax collected from them , the necessarily severe and vexatious regulations under which the duties are collected , have most injurious consequences .
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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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