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... important knowledge it is the business of Political Economy to convey . Much obloquy has of late been thrown upon the science which assumes this name , and upon its cul- tivators , -obloquy not perhaps wholly unmerited on the part of ...
... important knowledge it is the business of Political Economy to convey . Much obloquy has of late been thrown upon the science which assumes this name , and upon its cul- tivators , -obloquy not perhaps wholly unmerited on the part of ...
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... importance to mankind de- serves , because empiricism may have momentarily flourished , and mischievous errors been ... important subject , and have an in- terest in its dissemination , ( as who has not ? ) to apply themselves to its ...
... importance to mankind de- serves , because empiricism may have momentarily flourished , and mischievous errors been ... important subject , and have an in- terest in its dissemination , ( as who has not ? ) to apply themselves to its ...
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... important business were entrusted to a few individuals , a neglect , a mistake , an indis- cretion on their part , might occasionally bring upon this mighty centre of wealth and industry all the horrors of famine , and compromise the ...
... important business were entrusted to a few individuals , a neglect , a mistake , an indis- cretion on their part , might occasionally bring upon this mighty centre of wealth and industry all the horrors of famine , and compromise the ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON the Coincidence of | 1 |
Primary Natural Rights1 To Personal | 13 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
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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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