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... chapter on The Depreciation of Silver . The circumstances which determine the value of gold and silver are so intimately connected with each other , that I have substituted a new chapter on The Recent Discoveries of Gold and Silver , in ...
... chapter on The Depreciation of Silver . The circumstances which determine the value of gold and silver are so intimately connected with each other , that I have substituted a new chapter on The Recent Discoveries of Gold and Silver , in ...
Page vi
... chapter on Wages , I have directed attention to the very important fact that the unprecedented increase in wealth , which has taken place in England during the last quarter of a century , has not been accompanied by a corresponding ...
... chapter on Wages , I have directed attention to the very important fact that the unprecedented increase in wealth , which has taken place in England during the last quarter of a century , has not been accompanied by a corresponding ...
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... chapter to some subjects of great present interest ; such , for in- stance , as Cooperative Societies - Strikes and Trades'- Unions - and The Effects of the Recent Gold Discoveries . For the convenience of the ordinary reader , and espe ...
... chapter to some subjects of great present interest ; such , for in- stance , as Cooperative Societies - Strikes and Trades'- Unions - and The Effects of the Recent Gold Discoveries . For the convenience of the ordinary reader , and espe ...
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Henry Fawcett. CONTENTS . BOOK I. PRODUCTION OF WEALTH . CHAPTER I. Introductory Remarks . In an introductory chapter it is better to give a general description of Political Economy , rather than to attempt an accurate definition of the ...
Henry Fawcett. CONTENTS . BOOK I. PRODUCTION OF WEALTH . CHAPTER I. Introductory Remarks . In an introductory chapter it is better to give a general description of Political Economy , rather than to attempt an accurate definition of the ...
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... CHAPTER VI . Production on a Large and on a Small Scale . The advantage of producing on a large scale becomes greater as the use of machinery is extended - This is exemplified at the present time in the increasing size of our ...
... CHAPTER VI . Production on a Large and on a Small Scale . The advantage of producing on a large scale becomes greater as the use of machinery is extended - This is exemplified at the present time in the increasing size of our ...
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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.