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Page xi
... tion , has been counteracted , partly by agricultural improvements , but principally by foreign importations of corn , consequent on Free Trade -A rise in wages usually accompanies an increased demand for labour ; this rise in wages ...
... tion , has been counteracted , partly by agricultural improvements , but principally by foreign importations of corn , consequent on Free Trade -A rise in wages usually accompanies an increased demand for labour ; this rise in wages ...
Page xv
... tion directly increases the efficiency of labour - Education indirectly promotes industrial prosperity by diminishing the burdens of local taxation - Widespread ignorance indicates premature employment from which manifold evils result ...
... tion directly increases the efficiency of labour - Education indirectly promotes industrial prosperity by diminishing the burdens of local taxation - Widespread ignorance indicates premature employment from which manifold evils result ...
Page xvii
... tion of the difficulties caused by the distribution among various appli- cants of land of different degrees of productiveness - Would the land be let at an uniform rent , or would the rent be proportioned to its pro- ductiveness ? The ...
... tion of the difficulties caused by the distribution among various appli- cants of land of different degrees of productiveness - Would the land be let at an uniform rent , or would the rent be proportioned to its pro- ductiveness ? The ...
Page xviii
... tion , the produce is distributed between rent and profits - The ultimate abolition of slavery chiefly turns upon economic considerations - The late Professor Cairnes , in his work entitled " The Slave Power , " affirms that slave ...
... tion , the produce is distributed between rent and profits - The ultimate abolition of slavery chiefly turns upon economic considerations - The late Professor Cairnes , in his work entitled " The Slave Power , " affirms that slave ...
Page xxii
... tion of this cost of carriage would be borne by the country whose de- mand is least diminished by the commodity being increased in price , in consequence of the cost of carriage - If it is assumed that there is perfect free trade ...
... tion of this cost of carriage would be borne by the country whose de- mand is least diminished by the commodity being increased in price , in consequence of the cost of carriage - If it is assumed that there is perfect free trade ...
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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.