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Page vi
... classes of labourers . Since the last edition was published , the cooperative movement has so rapidly developed that it has been necessary en- tirely to re - write the chapter on Cooperation . Great stress has been laid on the important ...
... classes of labourers . Since the last edition was published , the cooperative movement has so rapidly developed that it has been necessary en- tirely to re - write the chapter on Cooperation . Great stress has been laid on the important ...
Page x
... classes of labourers . PAGES 17-45 CHAPTER V. On the Productive Power of the Three Requisites of Production . Political Economy would embrace a great number of sciences , if it investigated all the causes upon which depend the ...
... classes of labourers . PAGES 17-45 CHAPTER V. On the Productive Power of the Three Requisites of Production . Political Economy would embrace a great number of sciences , if it investigated all the causes upon which depend the ...
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... class of society has a recognised standard of living ; if , therefore , the commodities of ordinary use are cheapened , a greater amount of capital will be saved - A large portion ... Classes among whom Wealth is distributed xii Contents .
... class of society has a recognised standard of living ; if , therefore , the commodities of ordinary use are cheapened , a greater amount of capital will be saved - A large portion ... Classes among whom Wealth is distributed xii Contents .
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... classes - Mr Brassey , in his book Work and Wages , shows that the wages of some labourers have not increased at all during the last 20 years ; therefore , considering the increase in the cost of living , the real remuneration of their ...
... classes - Mr Brassey , in his book Work and Wages , shows that the wages of some labourers have not increased at all during the last 20 years ; therefore , considering the increase in the cost of living , the real remuneration of their ...
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... class ; they also raise the price of commodities , and may jeopardise the existence of an industry— As an example of this , the effects of the trades ' unions at Birmingham and Sheffield may be quoted - Trades ' unions not necessarily ...
... class ; they also raise the price of commodities , and may jeopardise the existence of an industry— As an example of this , the effects of the trades ' unions at Birmingham and Sheffield may be quoted - Trades ' unions not necessarily ...
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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.