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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... trade the condition and prospects of the great leading interests of the state , agricultural , commercial , and manufacturing -and , above all , of the labouring class , compre- hending , as it does , the numerical majority , and ...
... trade the condition and prospects of the great leading interests of the state , agricultural , commercial , and manufacturing -and , above all , of the labouring class , compre- hending , as it does , the numerical majority , and ...
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... Trade . - Real use of Colonies . - Should be considered as extensions of cultivable Territory , and the Trade with them assimilated to the Home Trade . - Coloni- zation . Corn Laws - In principle unjust and impo- litic , except to a ...
... Trade . - Real use of Colonies . - Should be considered as extensions of cultivable Territory , and the Trade with them assimilated to the Home Trade . - Coloni- zation . Corn Laws - In principle unjust and impo- litic , except to a ...
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... trade causing an influx of the precious metals ; that the expenditure of taxes in employing the people compensates them for the burthen of tax- ation ; that improvements in machinery are inju- rious to the labouring class ; that one ...
... trade causing an influx of the precious metals ; that the expenditure of taxes in employing the people compensates them for the burthen of tax- ation ; that improvements in machinery are inju- rious to the labouring class ; that one ...
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... trade has the division of labour been successfully carried to so great an extent as in that of watch - making . In an examination before a committee of the House of Commons , it was stated , that there are a hundred and two dis- > tinct ...
... trade has the division of labour been successfully carried to so great an extent as in that of watch - making . In an examination before a committee of the House of Commons , it was stated , that there are a hundred and two dis- > tinct ...
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... trade , has gained a degree of ability , which , as contri- buting much more largely than that of an inferior ... trades , or of peculiar qualifications , natural , or acquired under more or less extraordinary combinations of circum ...
... trade , has gained a degree of ability , which , as contri- buting much more largely than that of an inferior ... trades , or of peculiar qualifications , natural , or acquired under more or less extraordinary combinations of circum ...
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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