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 xiii
... - thing still disturbs these elements of general improvement , neutralizes their beneficial qua- lities , and hinders them from combining , as might be expected , to work out a general and uniform advance in happiness . Wealth , it is true.
... - thing still disturbs these elements of general improvement , neutralizes their beneficial qua- lities , and hinders them from combining , as might be expected , to work out a general and uniform advance in happiness . Wealth , it is true.
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... 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 culpable mismanage- ment , mismanagement having its root either in the ...
... 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 culpable mismanage- ment , mismanagement having its root either in the ...
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... Wealth - Its Principles capable only of moral , not mathematical proof • CHAPTER II . - Definition of Wealth - and of Labour- ib . All Labour productive . - Labour rather a pleasure than.
... Wealth - Its Principles capable only of moral , not mathematical proof • CHAPTER II . - Definition of Wealth - and of Labour- ib . All Labour productive . - Labour rather a pleasure than.
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... 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 - Exchanges of its Produce- Right to ...
... 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 - Exchanges of its Produce- Right to ...
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... WEALTH . - Natural and necessary inequality of Conditions and Property.- Adventitious advantages . - Natural Right of Succes- sion to Property by Will or Inheritance . - Variety of Conventional Rules . - Test of their Equity . - Natural ...
... WEALTH . - Natural and necessary inequality of Conditions and Property.- Adventitious advantages . - Natural Right of Succes- sion to Property by Will or Inheritance . - Variety of Conventional Rules . - Test of their Equity . - Natural ...
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