The Working Man's Manual: A New Theory of Political Economy, on the Principle of Production the Source of Wealth. Including an Enquiry Into the Principles of Public Credit, Currency, the Wages of Laborers, the Production of Wealth, the Distribution of Wealth, Consumption of Wealth, Popular Education, and the Elements of Social Government in General as They Appear Open to the Scrutiny of Common Sense and the Philosophy of the AgeThomas L. Bonsal, 1831 - 272 страница |
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... and idle patroon ; and which , in the best effects they produce , are so pernicious to the population of the country , by retarding its settle- ment , and so injurious to those whose labour gives 10 PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION .
... and idle patroon ; and which , in the best effects they produce , are so pernicious to the population of the country , by retarding its settle- ment , and so injurious to those whose labour gives 10 PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION .
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... effect . To come down to particulars : let us begin with law and local politics . The retention of the common law system of Great Britain , was a vital error in our infant juris- prudence ; being a gothic system of crude and barbar- ous ...
... effect . To come down to particulars : let us begin with law and local politics . The retention of the common law system of Great Britain , was a vital error in our infant juris- prudence ; being a gothic system of crude and barbar- ous ...
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... effects of this inhuman usurpation on the happiness of man , that I cannot refrain from quoting the passage ; which , at the same time that it touches the heart , brings the most ample conviction to the mind : -it is pathos and argument ...
... effects of this inhuman usurpation on the happiness of man , that I cannot refrain from quoting the passage ; which , at the same time that it touches the heart , brings the most ample conviction to the mind : -it is pathos and argument ...
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... effects of pa- per credits , when in many instances estates that had cost $ 40,000 were reduced in value to $ 18,000 ; and hundreds of men of fortune who deemed themselves exalted into opulence and luxury , beyond the power of 92 OF ...
... effects of pa- per credits , when in many instances estates that had cost $ 40,000 were reduced in value to $ 18,000 ; and hundreds of men of fortune who deemed themselves exalted into opulence and luxury , beyond the power of 92 OF ...
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... effect produced by paper credits , is a rise of prices ; and this , by many , is mistaken for a symp- tom of prosperity and riches ; and such a condition of prosperity it does in fact indicate , when the increase of money is owing to ...
... effect produced by paper credits , is a rise of prices ; and this , by many , is mistaken for a symp- tom of prosperity and riches ; and such a condition of prosperity it does in fact indicate , when the increase of money is owing to ...
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