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 xxii
... limited capacity of the Globe for the production of Food . - Misery the result of Crime and Folly , not of any natural Law . - Food can easily be made to in- crease faster than Population - as also Capital of every kind . Folly ...
... limited capacity of the Globe for the production of Food . - Misery the result of Crime and Folly , not of any natural Law . - Food can easily be made to in- crease faster than Population - as also Capital of every kind . Folly ...
Page xxiii
... limited extent . - Present Sys- tem . Its removal should be preceded by a removal of the restraints on Agriculture . - Absenteeism.— Conclusion CHAPTER XVI . - RESTRAINTS ON THE INSTRUMENT OF EX- CHANGE . - Injury of restrictions on the ...
... limited extent . - Present Sys- tem . Its removal should be preceded by a removal of the restraints on Agriculture . - Absenteeism.— Conclusion CHAPTER XVI . - RESTRAINTS ON THE INSTRUMENT OF EX- CHANGE . - Injury of restrictions on the ...
Page xxiv
... Limited only by the resistance of the people . - Fund- ing System - Its errors . - Pressure of the National Debt on Productive Industry . - Financial mismanage- ment . - Extravagance . - Misdirection of Taxation.- True principles of ...
... Limited only by the resistance of the people . - Fund- ing System - Its errors . - Pressure of the National Debt on Productive Industry . - Financial mismanage- ment . - Extravagance . - Misdirection of Taxation.- True principles of ...
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... of their species , but has , no doubt , limited that power within such bounds as will prevent their errors from perma nently affecting any of the works of His wisdom . rightly is the surest way of benefiting ourselves as well.
... of their species , but has , no doubt , limited that power within such bounds as will prevent their errors from perma nently affecting any of the works of His wisdom . rightly is the surest way of benefiting ourselves as well.
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... limited , the will of the individuals composing it must , by the very nature of things , be limited in its exercise . There is , for example , a physical impossibility that two individuals should stand or lie in the same place , or eat ...
... limited , the will of the individuals composing it must , by the very nature of things , be limited in its exercise . There is , for example , a physical impossibility that two individuals should stand or lie in the same place , or eat ...
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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