Principles of Political Economy, Volume 2Henry Holt, 1878 |
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17th century According Adam Smith advance advantage agricultural amount annum average births capital capitalists cause cent century commerce commodities Compare condition consequence considered consumed consumption corn cost decline decrease demand economic emigration England English especially estimated exportation favorable Forbonnais former France French frequently German Gesch greater hand Hence higher Holland important increase of population industry instance J. S. Mill John Stuart Mill kingdom of Saxony labor land latter less live loans lower luxury Malthus manufactured marriage married means of subsistence moral national income natural outlay paid persons Plutarch political Principles production prohibition protective Prussia rate of interest rate of wages Reise rent Ricardo Roscher Saxony says SECTION Similarly Sismondi stages of civilization Statist Strabo sumptuary laws thalers tion trade usury wants wealth whole women wont workmen Württemberg Xenoph Zollverein
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Página 342 - Cherbury gives an interesting account of the education of a highly-born youth at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century.
Página 400 - Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally or, rather, necessarily leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to the society.
Página 436 - The only case in which, on mere principles of political economy, protecting duties can be defensible, is when they are imposed temporarily (especially in a young and rising nation) in hopes of naturalizing a foreign industry, in itself perfectly suitable to the circumstances of the country.
Página 412 - Gold and silver having been chosen for the general medium of circulation, they are, by the competition of commerce, distributed in such proportions amongst the different countries of the world, as to accommodate themselves to the natural traffic which would take place if no such metals existed, and the trade between countries were purely a trade of barter.
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Página 287 - It is the doctrine of Malthus applied with manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms; for in this case there can be no artificial increase of food, and no prudential restraint from marriage.
Página 396 - A Treatise Wherein is demonstrated, That the church and state Of England, are in equal danger With the trade Of it.
Página 252 - It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expence, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries.
Página 141 - Defence of Usury, showing the impolicy of the present legal restraints on the terms of pecuniary bargains, in a series of letters to a friend, to which is added a letter to Adam Smith, Esq., LL.D., on the discouragements opposed by the above restraints to the progress of inventive industry.
Página 319 - For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance ; but from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath.