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Page ix
... supposed practical conclusions . Taking together the two subjects of rent , and of population as it affects wages , we shall find that the germs of truth brought to light by Mr. Mal- thus , have been made to give apparent support to ...
... supposed practical conclusions . Taking together the two subjects of rent , and of population as it affects wages , we shall find that the germs of truth brought to light by Mr. Mal- thus , have been made to give apparent support to ...
Page x
... supposed to be indicated by increasing rents , reach , it is said , the owners of capital , in the shape of a dwindling rate of profits ; and thus their own remuneration , and their capacity to accumulate fresh funds for the employment ...
... supposed to be indicated by increasing rents , reach , it is said , the owners of capital , in the shape of a dwindling rate of profits ; and thus their own remuneration , and their capacity to accumulate fresh funds for the employment ...
Page xiii
... supposed continuous diminution in the returns to agriculture , -its assumed effects on the progress of accumulation - and then , by an er- roneous inference from a fact itself false , a corres- ponding incapacity in mankind to provide ...
... supposed continuous diminution in the returns to agriculture , -its assumed effects on the progress of accumulation - and then , by an er- roneous inference from a fact itself false , a corres- ponding incapacity in mankind to provide ...
Page xvii
... supposed to refer to the law of nature proclaimed by Mr. Sadler , according to which the fecundity of females is diminished as population becomes dense . Of this we shall have a few words to say hereafter . It is enough for our present ...
... supposed to refer to the law of nature proclaimed by Mr. Sadler , according to which the fecundity of females is diminished as population becomes dense . Of this we shall have a few words to say hereafter . It is enough for our present ...
Page xlviii
... supposed indications of the decreasing efficiency of agricultural labor ......... 255 A fall of profits is no proof of the decreasing efficiency of agricultural industry ..... 257 An increasing relative value of raw produce is no proof ...
... supposed indications of the decreasing efficiency of agricultural labor ......... 255 A fall of profits is no proof of the decreasing efficiency of agricultural industry ..... 257 An increasing relative value of raw produce is no proof ...
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