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... distributed ; in other words , of having been the first teacher of Political Economy . In the course of his investigations , he found that in the pursuit of wealth all governments had not merely mistaken the straight road , but had ...
... distributed ; in other words , of having been the first teacher of Political Economy . In the course of his investigations , he found that in the pursuit of wealth all governments had not merely mistaken the straight road , but had ...
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... distributed among his cour- tiers . Public debts were few and small , and were the debts , not of the nation , but of the crown . The interest was not an additional burden on the people , but a deduction from the gratifications of the ...
... distributed among his cour- tiers . Public debts were few and small , and were the debts , not of the nation , but of the crown . The interest was not an additional burden on the people , but a deduction from the gratifications of the ...
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... distribution , and consumption of commodities and services , and may regret to see him treated merely as a cause or a recipient of rents , profits , and wages . But if he be forewarned , he will not be disappointed , and , knowing ...
... distribution , and consumption of commodities and services , and may regret to see him treated merely as a cause or a recipient of rents , profits , and wages . But if he be forewarned , he will not be disappointed , and , knowing ...
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... distribution of wealth , so far as they depend on the action of the human mind . " If it be treated as an art , it may be defined as " the art which points out the institutions and habits most conducive to the production and ...
... distribution of wealth , so far as they depend on the action of the human mind . " If it be treated as an art , it may be defined as " the art which points out the institutions and habits most conducive to the production and ...
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... examine the science , and a considerable portion of his work consists of inquiries . into the laws which regulate the production and * Book I. Introduction . distribution of wealth . The extracts which I have read 40 REASONS FOR TREATING.
... examine the science , and a considerable portion of his work consists of inquiries . into the laws which regulate the production and * Book I. Introduction . distribution of wealth . The extracts which I have read 40 REASONS FOR TREATING.
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