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... exist in one age , but not in another - Men may determine according to what laws wealth should be distributed , but from any particular method of distribution certain con- sequences must inevitably follow , and it pertains to Political ...
... exist in one age , but not in another - Men may determine according to what laws wealth should be distributed , but from any particular method of distribution certain con- sequences must inevitably follow , and it pertains to Political ...
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... agriculture - The experiment of Lord George Manners at Newmarket— The progress of the movement will be greatly assisted by national education 240-255 CHAPTER X. On Cooperative Institutions . Cooperation exists in its xvi Contents .
... agriculture - The experiment of Lord George Manners at Newmarket— The progress of the movement will be greatly assisted by national education 240-255 CHAPTER X. On Cooperative Institutions . Cooperation exists in its xvi Contents .
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Henry Fawcett. CHAPTER X. On Cooperative Institutions . Cooperation exists in its complete form , when labourers supply the capital which their industry requires - Many of the so - called cooperative stores are not truly cooperative ...
Henry Fawcett. CHAPTER X. On Cooperative Institutions . Cooperation exists in its complete form , when labourers supply the capital which their industry requires - Many of the so - called cooperative stores are not truly cooperative ...
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... exist ; the capital which they require is so large , that it must be borrowed from a great number of individuals - Credit enables all wealth which is saved to be applied to the most productive purposes .423-429 CHAPTER XI . The ...
... exist ; the capital which they require is so large , that it must be borrowed from a great number of individuals - Credit enables all wealth which is saved to be applied to the most productive purposes .423-429 CHAPTER XI . The ...
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... exist , money must be employed in most of the transactions which are carried on by bank - notes - If bank - notes did not exist , either more money must be brought into circulation or general prices would decline - A country requires a ...
... exist , money must be employed in most of the transactions which are carried on by bank - notes - If bank - notes did not exist , either more money must be brought into circulation or general prices would decline - A country requires a ...
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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.