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Page xviii
... tend to induce commercial equality among nations whose original surroundings are unequal 29. Free trade does not tend to carry off supplies in the best and cheapest fashion , as Cobden foretold . It allows whole markets to become ...
... tend to induce commercial equality among nations whose original surroundings are unequal 29. Free trade does not tend to carry off supplies in the best and cheapest fashion , as Cobden foretold . It allows whole markets to become ...
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Richard Gill. 31. Free trade , as practised by this country , tends to approxi- mate the " market " to the " natural " rate of wages , by increasing the competition of the labourers amongst themselves 32. The partial arguments of the ...
Richard Gill. 31. Free trade , as practised by this country , tends to approxi- mate the " market " to the " natural " rate of wages , by increasing the competition of the labourers amongst themselves 32. The partial arguments of the ...
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... tends to fluctuate in its action , it becomes a very interesting question from the scientific view of the problem , but a very vital one from the national point , to settle what determines that it shall be beneficial ; whether sur ...
... tends to fluctuate in its action , it becomes a very interesting question from the scientific view of the problem , but a very vital one from the national point , to settle what determines that it shall be beneficial ; whether sur ...
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... tend to become satisfied , so that , by thus shortening the time of transit , the more durable articles of the manufacturer would gain a larger market , supposing their individual con- sumption to remain the same ; while the less ...
... tend to become satisfied , so that , by thus shortening the time of transit , the more durable articles of the manufacturer would gain a larger market , supposing their individual con- sumption to remain the same ; while the less ...
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... tend to stimulate trade ? Does Cobden state that a contracted circulation - one in which the wear and tear of the coin in use had not been sufficiently met by the annual supplies of gold - might account in some degree for the state of ...
... tend to stimulate trade ? Does Cobden state that a contracted circulation - one in which the wear and tear of the coin in use had not been sufficiently met by the annual supplies of gold - might account in some degree for the state of ...
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action agricultural labourers artificial demand assert become free-traders Bonamy Price British manufacturer capital causation cause Chartist cheap bread cheaper Cobden commercial competition consequences consumer Corn Laws cost of transit cultivation currency demand for labour depression destroy distress duties effect England existence export trade fact factor farmers favourable fluctuation forces foreign markets free imports free intercourse free-trade policy gain high price home markets Huskisson increased induced industries influence intercourse in corn interest John Bright labouring classes landlords Lord Overstone manu means monopoly nations natural operation opinion period perity political predicted present price of bread price of corn price of wheat principle of free produce profits progress prosperity protection protectionists question railway reduced reforms remunerative repeal result Richard Cobden rivals selfish Sir Robert Peel soil sources stimulate supply surrounding conditions system of free tendency Thorold Rogers tion trade in corn unequal universal free trade wages William Huskisson