Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... agriculture is a subject of great interest , for which , however , we must refer our readers to the works especially devoted to this subject . Of all arts it is perhaps that in which the least improvement ... agriculture 234 AGRICULTURE .
... agriculture is a subject of great interest , for which , however , we must refer our readers to the works especially devoted to this subject . Of all arts it is perhaps that in which the least improvement ... agriculture 234 AGRICULTURE .
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... agriculture . * * ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN . ( From Marshall's Statistics of the British Empire . ) Number of Families . Persons . DESCRIPTIONS . 1821 . 1831 . 1831 . 1. Agricultural occupiers 2. Agricultural labourers 3 ...
... agriculture . * * ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN . ( From Marshall's Statistics of the British Empire . ) Number of Families . Persons . DESCRIPTIONS . 1821 . 1831 . 1831 . 1. Agricultural occupiers 2. Agricultural labourers 3 ...
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... agriculture over manufactures and commerce . M. Quesnay and the French economists were followed in this by Dr. Smith . But the reason assigned by them for this preference , namely , that in agriculture labour is most productive , as ...
... agriculture over manufactures and commerce . M. Quesnay and the French economists were followed in this by Dr. Smith . But the reason assigned by them for this preference , namely , that in agriculture labour is most productive , as ...
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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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