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The principle of the poor - law , then , is not mere charity , not justice only — but plain practical policy likewise — the policy of preventing crimes against property , and the terror , annoyance , and injury to the peace and order of ...
The principle of the poor - law , then , is not mere charity , not justice only — but plain practical policy likewise — the policy of preventing crimes against property , and the terror , annoyance , and injury to the peace and order of ...
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a law , as encouraging improvidence , and destroying all desire of independence among the poor . Those , however , who are not content to take up hasty impressions from first appearances , and who examine the history of the English poor ...
a law , as encouraging improvidence , and destroying all desire of independence among the poor . Those , however , who are not content to take up hasty impressions from first appearances , and who examine the history of the English poor ...
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REFORM OF THE POOR - LAW . 315 such theorists as blindly confound the abuse of the law with its principle , and , under the influence of that extraordinary delusion which Mr. Malthus has propagated , would sweep away the entire system ...
REFORM OF THE POOR - LAW . 315 such theorists as blindly confound the abuse of the law with its principle , and , under the influence of that extraordinary delusion which Mr. Malthus has propagated , would sweep away the entire system ...
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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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