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 xii
... remain unchanged . The welfare of the people is now universally acknowledged as the only legitimate end of state policy . The spirit of conquest and the mad thirst after military glory have subsided before the humanizing influence of a ...
... remain unchanged . The welfare of the people is now universally acknowledged as the only legitimate end of state policy . The spirit of conquest and the mad thirst after military glory have subsided before the humanizing influence of a ...
Page 2
... remain self- evident to every reasonable mind , and will pro- bably be disputed by none , that whatever course of conduct makes most for the happiness of mankind is , abstractedly , for the best , ' or right in man . Abstract right ...
... remain self- evident to every reasonable mind , and will pro- bably be disputed by none , that whatever course of conduct makes most for the happiness of mankind is , abstractedly , for the best , ' or right in man . Abstract right ...
Page 74
... remain dormant for the greater part of his time , while he was providing for his varied necessities in a number of occupations , which might be as well done by those who are capable of nothing else . Thirdly , the invention of tools ...
... remain dormant for the greater part of his time , while he was providing for his varied necessities in a number of occupations , which might be as well done by those who are capable of nothing else . Thirdly , the invention of tools ...
Page 135
... remain with him constitutes his wages , or the re- turn for his labour . We have seen how scanty and insufficient under such circumstances this return will always be . Where , as in Britain , a better system of cultivation prevails ...
... remain with him constitutes his wages , or the re- turn for his labour . We have seen how scanty and insufficient under such circumstances this return will always be . Where , as in Britain , a better system of cultivation prevails ...
Page 145
... remain to the latter some surplus beyond this ; for it would be worth no man's while to employ his capital productively , if he can gain nothing by so doing . The surplus which accrues to the capitalist after his capital has been ...
... remain to the latter some surplus beyond this ; for it would be worth no man's while to employ his capital productively , if he can gain nothing by so doing . The surplus which accrues to the capitalist after his capital has been ...
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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