Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy, Том 2J.W. Parker and Son, 1849 |
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... employed as money in some countries , cattle in others , in Chinese Tartary cubes of tea closely pressed together , the shells called cowries on the coast of Western Africa , and in Abyssinia at this day blocks of rock salt ; though ...
... employed as money in some countries , cattle in others , in Chinese Tartary cubes of tea closely pressed together , the shells called cowries on the coast of Western Africa , and in Abyssinia at this day blocks of rock salt ; though ...
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... employed , in the current language of commerce , in a very different sense . Money , which is so commonly understood as the synonyme of wealth , is more especially the term in use to denote it when borrowing is spoken of . When one ...
... employed , in the current language of commerce , in a very different sense . Money , which is so commonly understood as the synonyme of wealth , is more especially the term in use to denote it when borrowing is spoken of . When one ...
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... employing labourers ; and in either case he would , cæteris paribus , raise prices . But instead of doing either of these things , he might very probably prefer to invest his fortune at interest ; which 20 BOOK III . CHAPTER VIII . § 4 .
... employing labourers ; and in either case he would , cæteris paribus , raise prices . But instead of doing either of these things , he might very probably prefer to invest his fortune at interest ; which 20 BOOK III . CHAPTER VIII . § 4 .
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... employ the v in production . If there were no such thing from general insecurity and want of confi- antily practised , many persons who possess apital , but who from their occupations , or essary skill and knowledge , cannot person ...
... employ the v in production . If there were no such thing from general insecurity and want of confi- antily practised , many persons who possess apital , but who from their occupations , or essary skill and knowledge , cannot person ...
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... employing labour are increased by the credit given him , the lender's are as much diminished . The same sum cannot be used as capital both by the owner , and also by the person to whom it is lent : it cannot supply its full value in ...
... employing labour are increased by the credit given him , the lender's are as much diminished . The same sum cannot be used as capital both by the owner , and also by the person to whom it is lent : it cannot supply its full value in ...
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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.