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 14
... share , than his sense of a common in- terest in the full payment of the revenue . How many would pay their taxes in full upon the strength of the conviction that it is for the interest of each that all should pay ? How many would keep ...
... share , than his sense of a common in- terest in the full payment of the revenue . How many would pay their taxes in full upon the strength of the conviction that it is for the interest of each that all should pay ? How many would keep ...
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... share in the governing power . We can recognize no abstract right of any kind , but such as may flow from the one great principle of expediency for the general welfare of man- kind . That , on this principle , government of some kind is ...
... share in the governing power . We can recognize no abstract right of any kind , but such as may flow from the one great principle of expediency for the general welfare of man- kind . That , on this principle , government of some kind is ...
Page 57
... share of wealth ; but that any falling off from this condition will proportionably lessen the individual chance of enjoyment . Consequently , the means of enjoyment possessed by any society must be judged of principally by the number of ...
... share of wealth ; but that any falling off from this condition will proportionably lessen the individual chance of enjoyment . Consequently , the means of enjoyment possessed by any society must be judged of principally by the number of ...
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... share of enjoyment that falls to the great body of the people , whose labour is the primary instrument of all production - have hastily jumped to the conclusion that , in order to ensure the more equal distribution of the products of ...
... share of enjoyment that falls to the great body of the people , whose labour is the primary instrument of all production - have hastily jumped to the conclusion that , in order to ensure the more equal distribution of the products of ...
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... share considered to belong to him of the common produce - can it be supposed for a moment that he would have been able to devise arrangements capable of securing anything like the efficacy and perfection with which the principles of ...
... share considered to belong to him of the common produce - can it be supposed for a moment that he would have been able to devise arrangements capable of securing anything like the efficacy and perfection with which the principles 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