An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation. By the Rev. Richard Jones ..., Volume 1 |
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Such is the outline of a life , which in Mrs. Thomson's hands , is a mine of interest : from the first page to the last the attention is roused and sustained ; and while we approve the manner , we still more applaud the spirit in which ...
Such is the outline of a life , which in Mrs. Thomson's hands , is a mine of interest : from the first page to the last the attention is roused and sustained ; and while we approve the manner , we still more applaud the spirit in which ...
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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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1 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 .
1 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 .
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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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