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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... Protecting System.- Ruinous policy for a Commercial State - Depresses Industry and discourages Production . - Taxation no ground for protection - Nor the absence of recipro- city . - True principle and limits of protection . - Colo ...
... Protecting System.- Ruinous policy for a Commercial State - Depresses Industry and discourages Production . - Taxation no ground for protection - Nor the absence of recipro- city . - True principle and limits of protection . - Colo ...
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... protected in his person and property at the expense of his neighbours ? The old saw , What is everybody's interest is nobody's interest , ' ought alone to have convinced the Utilitarians of the fallacy of their leading principle . It is ...
... protected in his person and property at the expense of his neighbours ? The old saw , What is everybody's interest is nobody's interest , ' ought alone to have convinced the Utilitarians of the fallacy of their leading principle . It is ...
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... protection of property to be for their interest , as an essential condition to the productiveness of their subjects ; and their sway , though founded on usurpation , has been usually submitted to more or less willingly by the patient ...
... protection of property to be for their interest , as an essential condition to the productiveness of their subjects ; and their sway , though founded on usurpation , has been usually submitted to more or less willingly by the patient ...
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... protected , by the authorities entrusted . with power , in the same degree with those of every other person in the community . That this is really what has been understood , though per- haps confusedly , by even the most extravagant ...
... protected , by the authorities entrusted . with power , in the same degree with those of every other person in the community . That this is really what has been understood , though per- haps confusedly , by even the most extravagant ...
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... of man may , therefore , be defined as the claim of every individual to have his interest promoted and protected to the same extent as that of every other member of society by the combined power of the whole body : in other.
... of man may , therefore , be defined as the claim of every individual to have his interest promoted and protected to the same extent as that of every other member of society by the combined power of the whole body : in other.
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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