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Page xiii
... received by distinct individuals , termed landlords , labourers , and employers - Two of the portions or even the three portions into which wealth is distributed , may belong to one individual ; this illustrated by the case of a peasant ...
... received by distinct individuals , termed landlords , labourers , and employers - Two of the portions or even the three portions into which wealth is distributed , may belong to one individual ; this illustrated by the case of a peasant ...
Page xvi
... receive minimum wages - The difference between the ultimate effects of a poor - rate and an education rate explained - The advantages resulting from the allotment system may in future greatly increase - The en- closure of commons has ...
... receive minimum wages - The difference between the ultimate effects of a poor - rate and an education rate explained - The advantages resulting from the allotment system may in future greatly increase - The en- closure of commons has ...
Page xvii
... receive their share of the profits by being charged a reduced price for goods - Cooperative stores give no credit - Great advantages result from this - The Wholesale Society was established to supply goods to cooperative stores - This ...
... receive their share of the profits by being charged a reduced price for goods - Cooperative stores give no credit - Great advantages result from this - The Wholesale Society was established to supply goods to cooperative stores - This ...
Page xxii
... it is assumed that a country has no other payments to make to other countries except for goods imported , and no other payments to receive except for goods exported - If a country is a debtor of other xxii Contents .
... it is assumed that a country has no other payments to make to other countries except for goods imported , and no other payments to receive except for goods exported - If a country is a debtor of other xxii Contents .
Page xxvi
... receiving some additional remuneration- Temporary fluctuations in the rate of discount or in the rate of interest are caused by variations in the demand for money - An increase in the demand for money is generally produced by contrac ...
... receiving some additional remuneration- Temporary fluctuations in the rate of discount or in the rate of interest are caused by variations in the demand for money - An increase in the demand for money is generally produced by contrac ...
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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.