Principles of social science, Volume 3J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 - Economics |
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... supply . The more numerous the men , and the greater the power of combination , the greater the demand . 24. Production grows as the power of the trader and transporter declines . That decline a consequence of diversification in the ...
... supply . The more numerous the men , and the greater the power of combination , the greater the demand . 24. Production grows as the power of the trader and transporter declines . That decline a consequence of diversification in the ...
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... supply of food , and increasing poverty of the laborer . Facts and theories not in harmony with each other ........................ ................................. 8. Mr. Ricardo's theory one of universal discords . Its ...
... supply of food , and increasing poverty of the laborer . Facts and theories not in harmony with each other ........................ ................................. 8. Mr. Ricardo's theory one of universal discords . Its ...
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... supply of the necessaries of life , consequent upon the increased demands of a population that is growing in numbers and in power . Diminution in the waste of human force that attends increase in the supply of food ......... 313 ? 2 ...
... supply of the necessaries of life , consequent upon the increased demands of a population that is growing in numbers and in power . Diminution in the waste of human force that attends increase in the supply of food ......... 313 ? 2 ...
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... supply the daily waste . Man grows in value , with every stage of progress in this direction 34. Tendency of the lower animals to disappear . Consequent diminution in the supply of carbonic acid . Increased demand for supplies of that ...
... supply the daily waste . Man grows in value , with every stage of progress in this direction 34. Tendency of the lower animals to disappear . Consequent diminution in the supply of carbonic acid . Increased demand for supplies of that ...
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... supply is , every where , a consequence of demand - the quantity of food pre- pared for beings of every kind , being practically unlimited . Increase of numbers , and of power , attended by increased ability to make demand , as shown in ...
... supply is , every where , a consequence of demand - the quantity of food pre- pared for beings of every kind , being practically unlimited . Increase of numbers , and of power , attended by increased ability to make demand , as shown in ...
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Page 175 - The school-boy whips his taxed top — the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle on a taxed road ; — and the dying Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent.
Page 175 - ... pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health, — on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal, — on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice, — on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride, — at bed or board, couchant or levant, — we must pay.
Page 249 - It is difficult at this day to realize the state of public opinion in relation to that unfortunate race which prevailed in the civilized and enlightened portions of the world at the time of the Declaration of Independence and when the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted.
Page 414 - But it cannot be expected that individuals should, at their own risk, or rather to their certain loss, introduce a new manufacture, and bear the...
Page 159 - sacredness of property" is talked of, it should always be remembered, that any such sacredness does not belong in the same degree to landed property. No man made the land. It is the original inheritance of the whole species. Its appropriation is wholly a question of general expediency. When private property in land is not expedient, it is unjust.
Page 126 - With every step in the progress of population, which shall oblige a country to have recourse to land of a worse quality, to enable it to raise its supply of food, rent, on all the more fertile land, will rise.
Page 144 - I know nothing that could, in this view, be said better, than " do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you...
Page 414 - The superiority of one country over another in a branch of production, often arises only from having begun it sooner. There may be no inherent advantage on one part, or disadvantage on the other, but only a present superiority of acquired skill and experience. A country which has this skill and experience yet to acquire, may in other respects be better adapted to the production than those which were earlier in the field...
Page 60 - No regulation of commerce can increase the quantity of industry in any society beyond what its capital can maintain. It can only divert a part of it into a direction into which it might not otherwise have gone; and it is by no means certain that this artificial direction is likely to be more advantageous to the society than that into which it would have gone of its own accord.
Page 350 - Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. They have enabled a greater population to live the same life of drudgery and imprisonment, and an increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes.