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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... sufficient remune- ration . Wealth no certain measure of happiness.- Test proposed • CHAPTER III . - Conditions of the Production of Wealth -The Institution of private Property - Labour - Land -Capital - CHAPTER IV . - LABOUR ...
... sufficient remune- ration . Wealth no certain measure of happiness.- Test proposed • CHAPTER III . - Conditions of the Production of Wealth -The Institution of private Property - Labour - Land -Capital - CHAPTER IV . - LABOUR ...
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... sufficiently powerful to prevent the com- mission of wrongs , and ensure the observance of the acknowledged rule of moral right . The society will , therefore , be led in its collective capacity , in addition to the sanction of its ...
... sufficiently powerful to prevent the com- mission of wrongs , and ensure the observance of the acknowledged rule of moral right . The society will , therefore , be led in its collective capacity , in addition to the sanction of its ...
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... sufficient to state that , to be consonant to natural justice , these definitions must , in all their details , tend ... sufficiently proved al- ready . If men were beings of angelic dispositions and perfect wisdom , so that they could ...
... sufficient to state that , to be consonant to natural justice , these definitions must , in all their details , tend ... sufficiently proved al- ready . If men were beings of angelic dispositions and perfect wisdom , so that they could ...
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... sufficient for the formation of general rules.— Though the conduct of any individual man cannot , with complete confidence , be predicted from a knowledge of the circumstances surrounding him , yet that of the generality of men of the ...
... sufficient for the formation of general rules.— Though the conduct of any individual man cannot , with complete confidence , be predicted from a knowledge of the circumstances surrounding him , yet that of the generality of men of the ...
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... sufficiently remunerated . - Mini- mum of sufficient remuneration . - Wealth no certain mea- sure of happiness . - Test proposed . WEALTH , then , in its relation to happiness , is the subject of the investigations of Political Economy ...
... sufficiently remunerated . - Mini- mum of sufficient remuneration . - Wealth no certain mea- sure of happiness . - Test proposed . WEALTH , then , in its relation to happiness , is the subject of the investigations of Political Economy ...
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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