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 8
... probably see the question in its just light . Or putting aside all notion of a moral sense , whose existence is yet a matter of dispute , it is evident that the majority of the members of a society must always feel it to be against ...
... probably see the question in its just light . Or putting aside all notion of a moral sense , whose existence is yet a matter of dispute , it is evident that the majority of the members of a society must always feel it to be against ...
Page 35
... would be the cause , probably , of much confusion . The candour and enlightened spirit of the age must be trusted to for dispelling this unjust prejudice . The time is arrived when the value of the true philosophy of wealth must be D 2.
... would be the cause , probably , of much confusion . The candour and enlightened spirit of the age must be trusted to for dispelling this unjust prejudice . The time is arrived when the value of the true philosophy of wealth must be D 2.
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... probably would have said comforts . ' Our own poet confines the real wants of man to Meat , fire , and clothes : what more ? clothes , meat , and fire . ' These , or in other words , the means of comfort- able subsistence , compose the ...
... probably would have said comforts . ' Our own poet confines the real wants of man to Meat , fire , and clothes : what more ? clothes , meat , and fire . ' These , or in other words , the means of comfort- able subsistence , compose the ...
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... probably , by damping indus try and discouraging production , shortly leave , no property whatever to divide . The desire of indivi- dual acquisition has hitherto been the main motive to every exertion . Take it away , by sharing the ...
... probably , by damping indus try and discouraging production , shortly leave , no property whatever to divide . The desire of indivi- dual acquisition has hitherto been the main motive to every exertion . Take it away , by sharing the ...
Page 80
... probably coeval in their origin . Both have continued in use with more or less of improvement among all nations , civilized as well as uncivilized , to the present day . Of the commodities that have been , and in some instances still ...
... probably coeval in their origin . Both have continued in use with more or less of improvement among all nations , civilized as well as uncivilized , to the present day . Of the commodities that have been , and in some instances still ...
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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