Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy, Том 2J.W. Parker and Son, 1849 |
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... become virtually a medium of exchange , by becoming the things for which people generally sold , and with which they generally bought , whatever they had to sell or to buy ; the contrivance of coining obviously suggested itself . By ...
... become virtually a medium of exchange , by becoming the things for which people generally sold , and with which they generally bought , whatever they had to sell or to buy ; the contrivance of coining obviously suggested itself . By ...
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... other topic of political economy , has in latter times become surrounded . I shall therefore treat of the Value of Money in a chapter apart . CHAPTER VIII . OF THE VALUE OF MONEY , AS 10 BOOK III . CHAPTER VII . § 3 .
... other topic of political economy , has in latter times become surrounded . I shall therefore treat of the Value of Money in a chapter apart . CHAPTER VIII . OF THE VALUE OF MONEY , AS 10 BOOK III . CHAPTER VII . § 3 .
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... becoming a competitor for a portion of the stock , exchequer bills , railway debentures , mercantile bills , mortgages , & c . , which are at all times in the hands of the public . By doing this he would raise the prices of those ...
... becoming a competitor for a portion of the stock , exchequer bills , railway debentures , mercantile bills , mortgages , & c . , which are at all times in the hands of the public . By doing this he would raise the prices of those ...
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... become aggregated in the banker's hands ; and the banker , being taught by experience what proportion of the amount is likely to be wanted in a given time , and knowing that if one depositor happens to require more than the average ...
... become aggregated in the banker's hands ; and the banker , being taught by experience what proportion of the amount is likely to be wanted in a given time , and knowing that if one depositor happens to require more than the average ...
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... becomes an acknow- ledgment of debt . § 4. Bills of exchange were first introduced to save the expense and risk of transporting the precious metals . from place to place . " Let it be supposed , " says Mr. Henry Thornton , " that there ...
... becomes an acknow- ledgment of debt . § 4. Bills of exchange were first introduced to save the expense and risk of transporting the precious metals . from place to place . " Let it be supposed , " says Mr. Henry Thornton , " that there ...
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Стр. 484 - The only case in which, on mere principles of political economy, protecting duties can be defensible, is when they are imposed temporarily (especially in a young and rising nation) in hopes of naturalizing a foreign industry, in itself perfectly suitable to the circumstances of the country.
Стр. 349 - Fourthly, by subjecting the people to the frequent visits and the odious examination of the tax-gatherers, it may expose them to much unnecessary trouble, vexation, and oppression...
Стр. 121 - It is hardly possible to overrate the value, in the present low state of human improvement, of placing human beings in contact with persons dissimilar to themselves, and with modes of thought and action unlike those with which they are familiar.
Стр. 506 - Experience, however, proves that the depositaries of power who are mere delegates of the people, that is of a majority, are quite as ready (when they think they can count on popular support) as any organs of oligarchy, to assume arbitrary power, and encroach unduly on the liberty of private life.
Стр. 349 - The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation, a matter of so great importance, that a very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great an evil as a very small degree of uncertainty.
Стр. 512 - Letting alone, in short, should be the general practice: every departure from it, unless required by some great good, is a certain evil.
Стр. 122 - ... it may be said without exaggeration that the great extent and rapid increase of international trade, in being the principal guarantee of the peace of the world, is the great permanent security for the uninterrupted progress of the ideas, the institutions, and the character of the human race.
Стр. 348 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Стр. 348 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person.
Стр. 247 - ... the unlimited, growth of man's power over nature. Our knowledge of the properties and laws of physical objects shows no sign of approaching its ultimate boundaries: it is advancing more rapidly, and in a greater number of directions at once, than in any previous age or generation, and affording such frequent glimpses of unexplored fields beyond, as to justify the belief that our acquaintance with nature is still almost in its infancy.