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 14
... expense of his neighbours ? The old saw , What is everybody's interest is nobody's interest , ' ought alone to have convinced the Utilitarians of the fallacy of their leading principle . It is curious that the same pub- lication which ...
... expense of his neighbours ? The old saw , What is everybody's interest is nobody's interest , ' ought alone to have convinced the Utilitarians of the fallacy of their leading principle . It is curious that the same pub- lication which ...
Page 37
... expense of another ; that the outlay of an absentee's income abroad , or the introduction for sale in this country . of an article of foreign manufacture , abstracts an equal amount of employment from our native in- dustry ; -these ...
... expense of another ; that the outlay of an absentee's income abroad , or the introduction for sale in this country . of an article of foreign manufacture , abstracts an equal amount of employment from our native in- dustry ; -these ...
Page 107
... expenses necessary for the protection of this and other pro- perty . The misery suffered by the land - cultivators of Asia and the wretched state of their agriculture are a consequence not of the original rule of the country , but of ...
... expenses necessary for the protection of this and other pro- perty . The misery suffered by the land - cultivators of Asia and the wretched state of their agriculture are a consequence not of the original rule of the country , but of ...
Page 116
... expenses of their rude courts from their demesne lands . Charlemagne himself was a farmer , and regulated the economy of his farms with the minuteness of a steward . * revenue . Nearly the whole of Europe was at one time cultivated in ...
... expenses of their rude courts from their demesne lands . Charlemagne himself was a farmer , and regulated the economy of his farms with the minuteness of a steward . * revenue . Nearly the whole of Europe was at one time cultivated in ...
Page 168
... expense , and it proves to be a Claude or a Raphael , worth a hundred times after this discovery what it was before . It is the rarity of fine pictures by such artists that confers a VALUE - LOCAL AND TEMPORARY . 169 monopoly value on ...
... expense , and it proves to be a Claude or a Raphael , worth a hundred times after this discovery what it was before . It is the rarity of fine pictures by such artists that confers a VALUE - LOCAL AND TEMPORARY . 169 monopoly value on ...
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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