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
... supply of a people with the necessaries , comforts , and luxuries of physical existence . It is this branch in particular of the science ( if so it may be called ) of social happiness , which appears to the writer to be at present , if ...
... supply of a people with the necessaries , comforts , and luxuries of physical existence . It is this branch in particular of the science ( if so it may be called ) of social happiness , which appears to the writer to be at present , if ...
Page xiv
... supply . This is not as it should be . There is something wrong ' When wealth accumulates as men decay . ' It is not merely an unhappy and a dangerous , it is an unnatural and paradoxical state of things . It can only be the result of ...
... supply . This is not as it should be . There is something wrong ' When wealth accumulates as men decay . ' It is not merely an unhappy and a dangerous , it is an unnatural and paradoxical state of things . It can only be the result of ...
Page xvi
... supply for the satisfaction of all his reasonable wants ; and that , so far from any artificial limitation of numbers being needed in the present mid - day blaze of knowledge appli- cable to the improvement of his productive powers ...
... supply for the satisfaction of all his reasonable wants ; and that , so far from any artificial limitation of numbers being needed in the present mid - day blaze of knowledge appli- cable to the improvement of his productive powers ...
Page xxi
... Supply - Their variations and reciprocal action - Cost of Production - Consists in Labour , Capital , Time , Monopoly , and Taxation.- Competition of Producers - by which Supply and De- mand are kept nearly Level - Different Investments ...
... Supply - Their variations and reciprocal action - Cost of Production - Consists in Labour , Capital , Time , Monopoly , and Taxation.- Competition of Producers - by which Supply and De- mand are kept nearly Level - Different Investments ...
Page xxii
... supply of Food to an increasing People . - Early limitation of the numbers and resources of Man.- Hunting State . Pastoral State . - Agricultural State . -Increased facilities for procuring Subsistence con- sequent on every Improvement ...
... supply of Food to an increasing People . - Early limitation of the numbers and resources of Man.- Hunting State . Pastoral State . - Agricultural State . -Increased facilities for procuring Subsistence con- sequent on every Improvement ...
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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