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The abundant Production and general Distribution of Physical Enjoyments - The latter alone the object of Political Economy , and of this work . The chief object for which government is instituted , and consequently its principal duty ...
The abundant Production and general Distribution of Physical Enjoyments - The latter alone the object of Political Economy , and of this work . The chief object for which government is instituted , and consequently its principal duty ...
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When , then , we speak of the value of anything , we must always have reference to some object of comparison or exchange . In ordinary phrase , money is the understood object of reference . But money being merely , as has been said ...
When , then , we speak of the value of anything , we must always have reference to some object of comparison or exchange . In ordinary phrase , money is the understood object of reference . But money being merely , as has been said ...
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On this account , when a government sets about the regulation of the monetary system of a country , the very first object for consideration should be the means of rendering its moncy as invariable in value as possible .
On this account , when a government sets about the regulation of the monetary system of a country , the very first object for consideration should be the means of rendering its moncy as invariable in value as possible .
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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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