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... remains true and solid . No one can doubt that this postulate , at once of political economy and competition , frequently expressed , as , " Buy in the cheapest market , and sell in the dearest , " is immoral . It is the pure axiom of ...
... remains true and solid . No one can doubt that this postulate , at once of political economy and competition , frequently expressed , as , " Buy in the cheapest market , and sell in the dearest , " is immoral . It is the pure axiom of ...
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... remains . Bequest should the right exist , with or without limit ? Taxation - how should it be levied ; on whom , on what , by whom , when , and what are the economic consequences of this diversion of wealth ? Co - operation - how does ...
... remains . Bequest should the right exist , with or without limit ? Taxation - how should it be levied ; on whom , on what , by whom , when , and what are the economic consequences of this diversion of wealth ? Co - operation - how does ...
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... remains , though exchange be based on justice . And , lastly , the question whether , upon a just price being desired by the men of com- merce , it can best be attained by government interference , this is a matter which , as directly ...
... remains , though exchange be based on justice . And , lastly , the question whether , upon a just price being desired by the men of com- merce , it can best be attained by government interference , this is a matter which , as directly ...
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... remains that the economist does not assume every human nature to be uni- versally selfish . He says that a considerable number of our acts are based on the said maxim —a sufficient number of them , considering their importance , their ...
... remains that the economist does not assume every human nature to be uni- versally selfish . He says that a considerable number of our acts are based on the said maxim —a sufficient number of them , considering their importance , their ...
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... remains his , and that surely a man should have ; it is his first and sacred right , without which the institution of private property is an institution possessing no justifi- cation . Capital is a co - essential for production . For ...
... remains his , and that surely a man should have ; it is his first and sacred right , without which the institution of private property is an institution possessing no justifi- cation . Capital is a co - essential for production . For ...
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Page 173 - Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.
Page 7 - Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally, or rather necessarily leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to the society.
Page 7 - To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored in Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it.
Page 45 - But the universal law of the matter is that, assuming any given quantity of energy and sense in master and servant, the greatest material result obtainable by them will be, not through antagonism to each other, but through affection for each other...
Page 6 - The pretence that corporations are necessary for the better government of the trade is without any foundation. The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is not that of his corporation, but that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.
Page 176 - Though society is not founded on a contract, and though no good purpose is answered by inventing a contract in order to deduce social obligations from it, every one who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit, and the fact of living in society renders it indispensable that each should be bound to observe a certain line of conduct towards the rest.
Page 23 - I have one further observation to make. I must give warning, once for all, that the cases I contemplate are those in which values and prices are determined by competition alone. In so far only as they are thus determined, can they be reduced to any assignable law.
Page 44 - The largest quantity of work will not be done by this curious engine for pay, or under pressure, or by help of any kind of fuel which may be supplied by the chaldron. It will be done only when the motive force, that is to say, the will or spirit of the creature, is brought to its greatest strength by its own proper fuel; namely, by the affections.
Page 184 - Under this condition, however, society is fully entitled to abrogate or alter any particular right of property which on sufficient consideration it judges to stand in the way of the public good.