Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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Page 210
... period , through changes in the demand of the market , the introduction of improved machinery , * or a general depression of trade - to little or nothing . In times of depres- sion , indeed , ( such as we have seen but too often , and ...
... period , through changes in the demand of the market , the introduction of improved machinery , * or a general depression of trade - to little or nothing . In times of depres- sion , indeed , ( such as we have seen but too often , and ...
Page 297
... period of a very consider- able knowledge of the arts and sciences , have stag- nated for centuries in the same torpid and unim- proved condition ; -the increase even of their num- bers being checked by the unelastic nature of their ...
... period of a very consider- able knowledge of the arts and sciences , have stag- nated for centuries in the same torpid and unim- proved condition ; -the increase even of their num- bers being checked by the unelastic nature of their ...
Page 364
... period when nothing was known by statesmen and legislators of sound principles of trade . It seems to have been introduced into European policy by M. Colbert . Before his time Holland supplied all Europe with manufactures , and received ...
... period when nothing was known by statesmen and legislators of sound principles of trade . It seems to have been introduced into European policy by M. Colbert . Before his time Holland supplied all Europe with manufactures , and received ...
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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON the Coincidence of | 1 |
Primary Natural Rights1 To Personal | 13 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
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