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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Page xi
... desire , nay , a determination to inquire into , and thoroughly sift the arrange- ments of society , and a valuable acknowledgment from all sides that the object of these arrangements , and the end sought for in their discussion , is ...
... desire , nay , a determination to inquire into , and thoroughly sift the arrange- ments of society , and a valuable acknowledgment from all sides that the object of these arrangements , and the end sought for in their discussion , is ...
Page xvi
... desire has been to demonstrate , in opposition to the heartless and paralyzing doc- trines which this chimera has engendered , that man's deficiency of subsistence is his own wilful fault , that , in his aggregate capacity , he has ...
... desire has been to demonstrate , in opposition to the heartless and paralyzing doc- trines which this chimera has engendered , that man's deficiency of subsistence is his own wilful fault , that , in his aggregate capacity , he has ...
Page 7
... desire to occupy the same place , or satisfy their appetites with the same morsel of food . In all such cases one individual must give way to the other . And what is to de- termine who is to give way ? -but one , it is evident , of two ...
... desire to occupy the same place , or satisfy their appetites with the same morsel of food . In all such cases one individual must give way to the other . And what is to de- termine who is to give way ? -but one , it is evident , of two ...
Page 12
... desire of self - gratification apart from any consideration of the feelings of others , then the proposition is obviously false . The truth is , they use the term in the first sense , when they lay down their axiom ; and in the second ...
... desire of self - gratification apart from any consideration of the feelings of others , then the proposition is obviously false . The truth is , they use the term in the first sense , when they lay down their axiom ; and in the second ...
Page 14
... desire of gratifying others , of the wish for human or divine approbation , and of the hopes and fears of future reward or punishment , here or hereafter , -seems to me about as likely a scheme for securing the general observance of ...
... desire of gratifying others , of the wish for human or divine approbation , and of the hopes and fears of future reward or punishment , here or hereafter , -seems to me about as likely a scheme for securing the general observance of ...
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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