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 11
... parties concerned , ' though more than once exploded , has been revived in the present day . Such a contract is avowedly a fiction ; for when or where did the members of any existing society enter into any compact of the kind ? The ...
... parties concerned , ' though more than once exploded , has been revived in the present day . Such a contract is avowedly a fiction ; for when or where did the members of any existing society enter into any compact of the kind ? The ...
Page 24
... parties are bound in reason to argue it . The solution of the problem in any individual in- stance will necessarily vary much , according to POLITICAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES . 25 local and temporary circumstances 24 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
... parties are bound in reason to argue it . The solution of the problem in any individual in- stance will necessarily vary much , according to POLITICAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES . 25 local and temporary circumstances 24 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE .
Page 71
... parties , or it would not be agreed to by both ; and the same is true even in the most arti- ficial state of society . So long as exchanges are free and voluntary , so long it is evident that the benefit to the exchanging parties is ...
... parties , or it would not be agreed to by both ; and the same is true even in the most arti- ficial state of society . So long as exchanges are free and voluntary , so long it is evident that the benefit to the exchanging parties is ...
Page 103
... parties who have everywhere a joint interest in the land , the peasant - cultivator ( or ryot ) , the tax - collector ( or zemindar ) , and the sovereign , is its real legitimate proprietor . In practice , each has a lien upon its ...
... parties who have everywhere a joint interest in the land , the peasant - cultivator ( or ryot ) , the tax - collector ( or zemindar ) , and the sovereign , is its real legitimate proprietor . In practice , each has a lien upon its ...
Page 107
... parties who are intrusted with the collection of the revenue from the poor ryot . There is nothing necessarily mischievous in the theory of the Eastern forms of land occupation . On the contrary , it approximates to that which we ...
... parties who are intrusted with the collection of the revenue from the poor ryot . There is nothing necessarily mischievous in the theory of the Eastern forms of land occupation . On the contrary , it approximates to that which we ...
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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