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Page xii
... amount of capital will be saved - A large portion of the capital saved in England is invested in foreign countries ; consequently , by checking the amount sent abroad , an amount which is practically unlimited may be obtained for any ...
... amount of capital will be saved - A large portion of the capital saved in England is invested in foreign countries ; consequently , by checking the amount sent abroad , an amount which is practically unlimited may be obtained for any ...
Page xxi
... amount of money any country requires partly depends upon the amount of its wealth , and partly upon the number of times which any commodity is bought and sold for money - The amount of money which a country keeps in circulation is no ...
... amount of money any country requires partly depends upon the amount of its wealth , and partly upon the number of times which any commodity is bought and sold for money - The amount of money which a country keeps in circulation is no ...
Page xxiii
... amount equivalent to this in- debtedness - If a country is a creditor of other countries , then her imports will exceed in value her exports by an amount equivalent to the net indebtedness of other countries to her - These principles ex ...
... amount equivalent to this in- debtedness - If a country is a creditor of other countries , then her imports will exceed in value her exports by an amount equivalent to the net indebtedness of other countries to her - These principles ex ...
Page xxv
... amount of money if it employs bank - notes ; hence bank - notes economise wealth , because gold and silver are valuable commodities - No effect is exerted on prices by bank - notes , if they simply occupy the place of a corre- sponding ...
... amount of money if it employs bank - notes ; hence bank - notes economise wealth , because gold and silver are valuable commodities - No effect is exerted on prices by bank - notes , if they simply occupy the place of a corre- sponding ...
Page xxix
... amount ; 3rd . Taxes should be levied at the time and in the mode which cause the least inconvenience to the tax - payer ; 4th . A tax ought to obtain for the Government as much as possible of the whole amount which is levied from the ...
... amount ; 3rd . Taxes should be levied at the time and in the mode which cause the least inconvenience to the tax - payer ; 4th . A tax ought to obtain for the Government as much as possible of the whole amount which is levied from the ...
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Page 519 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 519 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Page 520 - Thirdly, by the forfeitures and other penalties which those unfortunate individuals incur who attempt unsuccessfully to evade the tax, it may frequently ruin them, and thereby put an end to the benefit which the community might have received from the employment of their capitals.
Page 182 - Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.
Page 551 - Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.