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 131
... population of the country to food grown on her limited soils . The injury which they themselves sustain by thus checking the extension of our manufacturing industry , and pauperizing a large portion of the population which might ...
... population of the country to food grown on her limited soils . The injury which they themselves sustain by thus checking the extension of our manufacturing industry , and pauperizing a large portion of the population which might ...
Page 386
... population ! Nothing more need be said in illustration of this suicidal policy . question is simply , whether our surplus labouring population shall be allowed to support themselves by working for the Americans , Prussians , & c . , who ...
... population ! Nothing more need be said in illustration of this suicidal policy . question is simply , whether our surplus labouring population shall be allowed to support themselves by working for the Americans , Prussians , & c . , who ...
Page 389
... population in the prime necessaries of life , and keeping down the wages of labour and the profits of capital in this country to the minimum level , by confining our superabundant capital and labour to the cultiva- tion of our home ...
... population in the prime necessaries of life , and keeping down the wages of labour and the profits of capital in this country to the minimum level , by confining our superabundant capital and labour to the cultiva- tion of our home ...
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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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