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Page viii
... greater , if I had not been fortunate enough to have a most patient and excellent amanuensis in the youth who is to me so faithful an attendant . TRINITY HALL , CAMBRIDGE , Feb. 1863 . CONTENTS . BOOK I. PRODUCTION OF WEALTH . CHAPTER I ...
... greater , if I had not been fortunate enough to have a most patient and excellent amanuensis in the youth who is to me so faithful an attendant . TRINITY HALL , CAMBRIDGE , Feb. 1863 . CONTENTS . BOOK I. PRODUCTION OF WEALTH . CHAPTER I ...
Page xi
... greater as the use of machinery is extended - This is exemplified at the present time in the increasing size of our manufactories and warehouses - The extent of the demand must influence the scale of production - The advantages and ...
... greater as the use of machinery is extended - This is exemplified at the present time in the increasing size of our manufactories and warehouses - The extent of the demand must influence the scale of production - The advantages and ...
Page xxi
... greater amount of money in cir- culation as its wealth and population increase — In the case of an ordinary commodity , the demand is equalised to the supply , by either a rise or fall in the price of the commodity - But the price of ...
... greater amount of money in cir- culation as its wealth and population increase — In the case of an ordinary commodity , the demand is equalised to the supply , by either a rise or fall in the price of the commodity - But the price of ...
Page xxii
... greater difference in the price of any commodity in the two countries than is equivalent to the cost of carriage - The principles investigated in this chapter are equally true when a great number of commodities are interchanged , and ...
... greater difference in the price of any commodity in the two countries than is equivalent to the cost of carriage - The principles investigated in this chapter are equally true when a great number of commodities are interchanged , and ...
Page xxiv
... greater premium or fall to a greater discount than is represented by the cost of carriage - As an example , bills drawn on France rose ten per cent . when it was known that Napoleon had landed from Elba - If an unfavourable exchange ...
... greater premium or fall to a greater discount than is represented by the cost of carriage - As an example , bills drawn on France rose ten per cent . when it was known that Napoleon had landed from Elba - If an unfavourable exchange ...
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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.