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Page vi
... particular allusion is made to the encouragement given to improvidence by our Poor Law system and by the facility with which out - door relief is granted . In preparing this edition I have derived the most . valuable assistance from my ...
... particular allusion is made to the encouragement given to improvidence by our Poor Law system and by the facility with which out - door relief is granted . In preparing this edition I have derived the most . valuable assistance from my ...
Page xii
... particular method of distribution certain con- sequences must inevitably follow , and it pertains to Political Economy to investigate these consequences in each particular case - If private property is permitted , there must ensue great ...
... particular method of distribution certain con- sequences must inevitably follow , and it pertains to Political Economy to investigate these consequences in each particular case - If private property is permitted , there must ensue great ...
Page xv
... particular trade , which reduces the profits of that trade below the current rate , cannot be per- manent - A law to regulate wages must either be mischievous or nuga- tory - Equally unsatisfactory results would ensue if the length of a ...
... particular trade , which reduces the profits of that trade below the current rate , cannot be per- manent - A law to regulate wages must either be mischievous or nuga- tory - Equally unsatisfactory results would ensue if the length of a ...
Page xxiii
... particular day - If the exports sent to a particular country are equivalent in value to the imports received from a par- ticular country , bills of exchange enable the transmission of specie to be as completely obviated as if the ...
... particular day - If the exports sent to a particular country are equivalent in value to the imports received from a par- ticular country , bills of exchange enable the transmission of specie to be as completely obviated as if the ...
Page xxvi
... produced which are really not wanted - Over - production in its first signification will cause the profits of a particular trade to be low : the trade is then said to be dull or depressed , but such depression xxvi Contents .
... produced which are really not wanted - Over - production in its first signification will cause the profits of a particular trade to be low : the trade is then said to be dull or depressed , but such depression xxvi Contents .
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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.