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 ix
... improvement , so as to bring about a proportionate increase of hap- piness to the individuals united under them , by the simple application to their study and perfection of the same sagacity , foresight , and powers of rea- soning ...
... improvement , so as to bring about a proportionate increase of hap- piness to the individuals united under them , by the simple application to their study and perfection of the same sagacity , foresight , and powers of rea- soning ...
Page xii
... improvement , even where their forms remain unchanged . The welfare of the people is now universally acknowledged as the only legitimate end of state policy . The spirit of conquest and the mad thirst after military glory have subsided ...
... improvement , even where their forms remain unchanged . The welfare of the people is now universally acknowledged as the only legitimate end of state policy . The spirit of conquest and the mad thirst after military glory have subsided ...
Page xiii
... disturbs these elements of general improvement , neutralizes their beneficial qua- lities , and hinders them from combining , as might be expected , to work out a general and uniform advance in happiness . Wealth , it is true.
... disturbs these elements of general improvement , neutralizes their beneficial qua- lities , and hinders them from combining , as might be expected , to work out a general and uniform advance in happiness . Wealth , it is true.
Page xvi
... appli- cable to the improvement of his productive powers , nothing more is wanting , in order to secure a con- tinual increase of the means of physical enjoy- PREFACE . xvii ment at the command of every individual xvi .PREFACE .
... appli- cable to the improvement of his productive powers , nothing more is wanting , in order to secure a con- tinual increase of the means of physical enjoy- PREFACE . xvii ment at the command of every individual xvi .PREFACE .
Page xxii
... Improvement . - Culture of inferior Soils indicative of increased , not of diminished Re- sources . Sure Resource of Migration . - Coloniza- tion . Vast extent of rich Soil yet uncultivated . - Un- limited capacity of the Globe for the ...
... Improvement . - Culture of inferior Soils indicative of increased , not of diminished Re- sources . Sure Resource of Migration . - Coloniza- tion . Vast extent of rich Soil yet uncultivated . - Un- limited capacity of the Globe for the ...
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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