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... by any one not gifted with the power of foreseeing the strange combination of credulity and rashness which characterises many of the works in which his speculations have been pushed forwards to their supposed practical conclusions .
... by any one not gifted with the power of foreseeing the strange combination of credulity and rashness which characterises many of the works in which his speculations have been pushed forwards to their supposed practical conclusions .
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The effects of that diminution in the productive powers of industry , which is 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 ...
The effects of that diminution in the productive powers of industry , which is 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 ...
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The supposed continuous diminution in the returns to agriculture , its assumed effects on the progress of accumulation — and then , by an erroneous inference from a fact itself false , a corresponding incapacity in mankind to provide ...
The supposed continuous diminution in the returns to agriculture , its assumed effects on the progress of accumulation — and then , by an erroneous inference from a fact itself false , a corresponding incapacity in mankind to provide ...
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We shall not be 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 .
We shall not be 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 .
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On the fallaciousness of some 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 ...
On the fallaciousness of some 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 ...
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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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