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Page iii
... of the principles which govern the distribution of wealth , have as yet been rewarded by no such success as that which has crowned the efforts of those who have investigated the circumstances which influence the amount produced .
... of the principles which govern the distribution of wealth , have as yet been rewarded by no such success as that which has crowned the efforts of those who have investigated the circumstances which influence the amount produced .
Page iv
... it appeared to result that the amount of wages , and the rate of profits , are determined by causes which keep them beyond the reach of change , and preserve them untouched amidst the workings of any possible scheme of taxation .
... it appeared to result that the amount of wages , and the rate of profits , are determined by causes which keep them beyond the reach of change , and preserve them untouched amidst the workings of any possible scheme of taxation .
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Mr. Ricardo , however , overlooking altogether the limited extent of the field to which these principles were really applicable , undertook from them alone to deduce the laws which regulate the nature and amount of the revenue derived ...
Mr. Ricardo , however , overlooking altogether the limited extent of the field to which these principles were really applicable , undertook from them alone to deduce the laws which regulate the nature and amount of the revenue derived ...
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... for their especial object , the explanation of the laws which govern variations in the aggregate numbers of a people , and the amount of subsistence consumed by the great mass of every community ; or in other words , its rate of ...
... for their especial object , the explanation of the laws which govern variations in the aggregate numbers of a people , and the amount of subsistence consumed by the great mass of every community ; or in other words , its rate of ...
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Those errors had their origin -- partly in a logically defective division of the checks to population which he enumerated and examined , partly in some obscurity and indecision existing in his own mind , as to the amount of influence on ...
Those errors had their origin -- partly in a logically defective division of the checks to population which he enumerated and examined , partly in some obscurity and indecision existing in his own mind , as to the amount of influence on ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation. By the Rev. Richard Jones ..., Volume 1 An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth, and on the Sources of Taxation, Richard Jones Books for college libraries Issue 26666 of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature "Essay on the distribution of wealth ... Part I.--Rent." |
| Author | Richard Jones |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 May 2008 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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