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But in every society , however limited , the will of the individuals composing it must , by the very nature of things , be limited in its exercise . There is , for example , a physical impossibility that two individuals should stand or ...
But in every society , however limited , the will of the individuals composing it must , by the very nature of things , be limited in its exercise . There is , for example , a physical impossibility that two individuals should stand or ...
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... with the mere necessaries of life , and endeavour to employ as capital all the remainder of his income - it is evident that the demand for commodities would be limited to the bare necessaries of life for that number of individuals .
... with the mere necessaries of life , and endeavour to employ as capital all the remainder of his income - it is evident that the demand for commodities would be limited to the bare necessaries of life for that number of individuals .
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But with the exception of the last , which alone will not support life , these spontaneous gifts of nature are very limited ; and as the numbers of a society increased , there must have been felt a very inconvenient scarcity of food ...
But with the exception of the last , which alone will not support life , these spontaneous gifts of nature are very limited ; and as the numbers of a society increased , there must have been felt a very inconvenient scarcity of food ...
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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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