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
... individuals united under them , by the simple application to their study and perfection of the same sagacity , foresight , and powers of rea- soning , which have effected such prodigious ad- vances in the arts and sciences . This ...
... individuals united under them , by the simple application to their study and perfection of the same sagacity , foresight , and powers of rea- soning , which have effected such prodigious ad- vances in the arts and sciences . This ...
Page xi
... individuals , but of the mass of the associated community - in the quaint phrase of the Utilitarian sage , • the greatest happiness of the greatest number . ' From the concussion of such elements good can scarcely fail to be elicited ...
... individuals , but of the mass of the associated community - in the quaint phrase of the Utilitarian sage , • the greatest happiness of the greatest number . ' From the concussion of such elements good can scarcely fail to be elicited ...
Page xvi
... individuals and the duties of governments , resting upon which the maxims of political economy assume the character , not of mere curious and interesting speculations , but of rules of imperative duty on the ... individual xvi .PREFACE .
... individuals and the duties of governments , resting upon which the maxims of political economy assume the character , not of mere curious and interesting speculations , but of rules of imperative duty on the ... individual xvi .PREFACE .
Page xvii
... individuals are accustomed to employ in advancing their particular interests , and extending their individual means . If he succeed only in obtaining the recognition of this great truth , the author's most ardent wishes will be amply ...
... individuals are accustomed to employ in advancing their particular interests , and extending their individual means . If he succeed only in obtaining the recognition of this great truth , the author's most ardent wishes will be amply ...
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... individual actions ; as , for example , cruelty , theft , and murder . Pro- vidence , in arranging things on the whole for the best , ' has left to man the liberty of acting on any occasion in a variety of ways ; of all which but one ...
... individual actions ; as , for example , cruelty , theft , and murder . Pro- vidence , in arranging things on the whole for the best , ' has left to man the liberty of acting on any occasion in a variety of ways ; of all which but one ...
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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