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And in order to avoid confusion , it is desirable to confine this term labour , to such exertion as is productive of wealth . Men exert themselves for amusement , health , or recreation , and may fatigue themselves as much in so doing ...
And in order to avoid confusion , it is desirable to confine this term labour , to such exertion as is productive of wealth . Men exert themselves for amusement , health , or recreation , and may fatigue themselves as much in so doing ...
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The results of labour so accumulated , or provided beforehand for productive purposes , are called by the general term capital . It is thus made clear that labour can produce nothing , or scarce anything , without the aid both of ...
The results of labour so accumulated , or provided beforehand for productive purposes , are called by the general term capital . It is thus made clear that labour can produce nothing , or scarce anything , without the aid both of ...
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If the improvement is fitted only to last a certain term of years , as the lime - manuring of land , temporary farm - buildings , and improved rotations of crops , the increased return must be sufficient to replace the capital expended ...
If the improvement is fitted only to last a certain term of years , as the lime - manuring of land , temporary farm - buildings , and improved rotations of crops , the increased return must be sufficient to replace the capital expended ...
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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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