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 vi
... Industry to the full enjoyment of its fruits , be more appropriately inscribed than to the inha- bitants of a district distinguished for the honourable and successful industry of an enlightened , and , I sincerely believe , beyond that ...
... Industry to the full enjoyment of its fruits , be more appropriately inscribed than to the inha- bitants of a district distinguished for the honourable and successful industry of an enlightened , and , I sincerely believe , beyond that ...
Page xxiv
... Industry . - Financial mismanage- ment . - Extravagance . - Misdirection of Taxation.- True principles of Taxation . - Expediency of commut- ing the Taxes on Industry and the Comforts of the Poor for an Income Tax CHAPTER XIX ...
... Industry . - Financial mismanage- ment . - Extravagance . - Misdirection of Taxation.- True principles of Taxation . - Expediency of commut- ing the Taxes on Industry and the Comforts of the Poor for an Income Tax CHAPTER XIX ...
Page 39
... industry . The establishment of a wise system of public economy can compensate for every other deficiency . It can render regions na- turally inhospitable , barren , and unproductive , the comfortable abodes of an elegant and refined ...
... industry . The establishment of a wise system of public economy can compensate for every other deficiency . It can render regions na- turally inhospitable , barren , and unproductive , the comfortable abodes of an elegant and refined ...
Page 64
... industry will be effectually put forth , and production ad- vanced . That the opposite conditions will admit of the same results is not merely not in accordance with , but directly opposed to the analogy of our experience . The proposal ...
... industry will be effectually put forth , and production ad- vanced . That the opposite conditions will admit of the same results is not merely not in accordance with , but directly opposed to the analogy of our experience . The proposal ...
Page 73
... industry , and subdividing its various processes among themselves , ten men will , in a pin manu- factory , make in one day as many as 50,000 well - finished pins , and their cost to the consumer is proportionately reduced . The ...
... industry , and subdividing its various processes among themselves , ten men will , in a pin manu- factory , make in one day as many as 50,000 well - finished pins , and their cost to the consumer is proportionately reduced . The ...
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