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fail in obtaining them . ... in nearly all civilized countries the aim of the economical policy of their rulers should be , not simply to obtain the greatest possible production of wealth , but to obtain it in such a shape , and by such ...
fail in obtaining them . ... in nearly all civilized countries the aim of the economical policy of their rulers should be , not simply to obtain the greatest possible production of wealth , but to obtain it in such a shape , and by such ...
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But many commodities can only be obtained at all in limited quantities , and when the quantity required , or the ... The increased value which the owners of such objects are enabled from their rarity to obtain for them , beyond the mere ...
But many commodities can only be obtained at all in limited quantities , and when the quantity required , or the ... The increased value which the owners of such objects are enabled from their rarity to obtain for them , beyond the mere ...
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No one blames Chantrey or Lawrence for charging as high a price as they can obtain for their productions . No one disputes the general advantage of allowing the grazier who produces the best ox , or the farmer who brings up the finest ...
No one blames Chantrey or Lawrence for charging as high a price as they can obtain for their productions . No one disputes the general advantage of allowing the grazier who produces the best ox , or the farmer who brings up the finest ...
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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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