Principles of political economy, deduced from the natural laws of social welfare, and applied to the present state of BritainLongman, 1833 - 457 pages |
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... consume any natural productions , can be justified ( or shown to be con- formable to natural justice ) only by proof that such limitation is necessary for the general welfare . And this brings us to the third great natural right - the ...
... consume any natural productions , can be justified ( or shown to be con- formable to natural justice ) only by proof that such limitation is necessary for the general welfare . And this brings us to the third great natural right - the ...
Page 70
... consume , and meets with another who has a larger stock of skins fit for clothing than he can himself make use of . The first is in want of clothing , the latter of fruit , and each finds his advantage in exchanging the excess of the ...
... consume , and meets with another who has a larger stock of skins fit for clothing than he can himself make use of . The first is in want of clothing , the latter of fruit , and each finds his advantage in exchanging the excess of the ...
Page 72
... consume , than he could by any possible efforts directly produce of himself . It is by this division of labour among a variety of classes of labourers , each of which takes a different branch of industry , that the gross amount of ...
... consume , than he could by any possible efforts directly produce of himself . It is by this division of labour among a variety of classes of labourers , each of which takes a different branch of industry , that the gross amount of ...
Page 74
... consumed ? It is evident that , by these and many other con- trivances , there is not only effected a vast economy of time , but of power likewise , through the division of labour . Without it a man would be often em- ployed in doing ...
... consumed ? It is evident that , by these and many other con- trivances , there is not only effected a vast economy of time , but of power likewise , through the division of labour . Without it a man would be often em- ployed in doing ...
Page 79
... consuming alone . He is de- sirous of exchanging the surplus beyond his own consumption for a variety of other objects which he is in want of . His neighbours , on their side , are anxious to purchase his meat , but it is highly im ...
... consuming alone . He is de- sirous of exchanging the surplus beyond his own consumption for a variety of other objects which he is in want of . His neighbours , on their side , are anxious to purchase his meat , but it is highly im ...
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accumulated Adam Smith advantages afford agriculture amount arts benefit capital circulating circumstances comforts commerce commodities condition consequently consumed continually corn CORN-LAWS cost cultivation demand division of labour duce duction duties effect employed employment enjoyment equally evils exchange exclusive exertions existence expense extent favourable fertility foreign greater happiness human improvement increase individual industry injury interest invested Ireland labouring class land landlord less likewise limited machinery manufactures ment MIXED MATHEMATICS mode monopoly moral natural justice natural laws natural right necessary numbers object obtain occupation owner parishes parties perhaps persons Political Economy poor poor-law poor-rate population portion possession present principle procure production profit proportion proportionate purchase quantity raw produce rent skill society soil sumers supply surplus surplus labour taxation things tion tithe tivation trade value of money villeins wages wealth