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... ( the produit net , ) constituted a peculiar fund , from which alone all the revenues of the state must directly or indirectly be derived ; and this strange and futile dogma came from their hands based on reasonings and assumptions ...
... ( the produit net , ) constituted a peculiar fund , from which alone all the revenues of the state must directly or indirectly be derived ; and this strange and futile dogma came from their hands based on reasonings and assumptions ...
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in the efficiency of agriculture , are ordinarily those in which the largest populations are maintained in the greatest plenty by the exertions of the smallest proportion of their laboring hands . The decline in the rate of profit ...
in the efficiency of agriculture , are ordinarily those in which the largest populations are maintained in the greatest plenty by the exertions of the smallest proportion of their laboring hands . The decline in the rate of profit ...
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a few others , will be seen to put beyond the reach of cavil or doubt : -namely , the increasing national power of rapid accumulation , which is seen to advance hand in hand with a decreasing rate of profits . Rents , Wages and Profits ...
a few others , will be seen to put beyond the reach of cavil or doubt : -namely , the increasing national power of rapid accumulation , which is seen to advance hand in hand with a decreasing rate of profits . Rents , Wages and Profits ...
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Hence the hands from which all wealth is first distributed must be those of the laborer . But the laborer is rarely in a condition to retain the whole produce of his exertions . In whatever state of society he exists , some tie ...
Hence the hands from which all wealth is first distributed must be those of the laborer . But the laborer is rarely in a condition to retain the whole produce of his exertions . In whatever state of society he exists , some tie ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation. By the Rev. Richard Jones ... 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 |
| 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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