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But the shortsighted covetousness of the proprietors has almost everywhere prevented this , by inducing them , when they could not by agreement directly increase their share , to do so indirectly , by throwing the government taxes on ...
But the shortsighted covetousness of the proprietors has almost everywhere prevented this , by inducing them , when they could not by agreement directly increase their share , to do so indirectly , by throwing the government taxes on ...
Page 152
In a very short time , a large part of the population - all the idle — and in such a crisis there can be but little industry - will have consumed their share of the plunder in riot and excess .
In a very short time , a large part of the population - all the idle — and in such a crisis there can be but little industry - will have consumed their share of the plunder in riot and excess .
Page 280
... must be , an ample abundance , not merely of the necessaries , but likewise of the comforts and conveniences of life , for every individual member who has not by his own vice , folly , or criminality , forfeited his share .
... must be , an ample abundance , not merely of the necessaries , but likewise of the comforts and conveniences of life , for every individual member who has not by his own vice , folly , or criminality , forfeited his share .
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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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