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 39
... effects may be , and , in fact , are , continually modified by human interference . National prosperity does not depend nearly so much on advantageous situation , salu- brity of climate , or fertility of soil , as on the adoption of ...
... effects may be , and , in fact , are , continually modified by human interference . National prosperity does not depend nearly so much on advantageous situation , salu- brity of climate , or fertility of soil , as on the adoption of ...
Page 48
... effect in quali- fying the disagreeableness of occupations , and of converting them into sources of gratification . Hundreds of facts might be adduced to prove that the persons engaged in employments which to others of different habits ...
... effect in quali- fying the disagreeableness of occupations , and of converting them into sources of gratification . Hundreds of facts might be adduced to prove that the persons engaged in employments which to others of different habits ...
Page 72
... effect in augmenting the general production , and con- sequently the wealth and comforts of all classes , is almost incalculable . Dr. Smith was the first writer who called atten- tion to the extraordinary increase in the productive ...
... effect in augmenting the general production , and con- sequently the wealth and comforts of all classes , is almost incalculable . Dr. Smith was the first writer who called atten- tion to the extraordinary increase in the productive ...
Page 76
... effect is the co - operation of many labourers to produce a common result . In fact , wherever this system has made any considerable progress , the society assumes emphatically a co - operative cha racter . Every member is dependent on ...
... effect is the co - operation of many labourers to produce a common result . In fact , wherever this system has made any considerable progress , the society assumes emphatically a co - operative cha racter . Every member is dependent on ...
Page 86
... effects to the community at large , but generally with more or less of a fraudulent intention of diverting the produce of industry into other hands than those into which the just system of free labour and free exchange would distribute ...
... effects to the community at large , but generally with more or less of a fraudulent intention of diverting the produce of industry into other hands than those into which the just system of free labour and free exchange would distribute ...
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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