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 xi
... numbers ; false lights and visionary alarms deceive and dis- tract the attention of more ; the views of some are ... number . ' From the concussion of such elements good can scarcely fail to be elicited . Confiding , as I do , in the ...
... numbers ; false lights and visionary alarms deceive and dis- tract the attention of more ; the views of some are ... number . ' From the concussion of such elements good can scarcely fail to be elicited . Confiding , as I do , in the ...
Page xiii
... number of minds everywhere occupied in the investigation of useful subjects , and the means afforded for the intercommunication of their respective discoveries , has prodigiously multiplied . Art , science and literature have made , and ...
... number of minds everywhere occupied in the investigation of useful subjects , and the means afforded for the intercommunication of their respective discoveries , has prodigiously multiplied . Art , science and literature have made , and ...
Page xvi
... numbers being needed in the present mid - day blaze of knowledge 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 ...
... numbers being needed in the present mid - day blaze of knowledge 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 ...
Page xvii
... numbers , than that societies should exert , in the prosecution of their collective interests , and the enlargement of their collective resources , the same prudential foresight which individuals are accustomed to employ in advancing ...
... numbers , than that societies should exert , in the prosecution of their collective interests , and the enlargement of their collective resources , the same prudential foresight which individuals are accustomed to employ in advancing ...
Page xxii
... numbers and resources of Man.- Hunting State . Pastoral State . - Agricultural State . -Increased facilities for procuring Subsistence con- sequent on every Improvement . - Culture of inferior Soils indicative of increased , not of ...
... numbers and resources of Man.- Hunting State . Pastoral State . - Agricultural State . -Increased facilities for procuring Subsistence con- sequent on every Improvement . - Culture of inferior Soils indicative of increased , not of ...
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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