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... Competition and Custom . § 1. Competition not the sole regulator of the division of the produce . 147 2. Influence of custom on rents , and on the tenure of land 3. Influence of custom on prices CHAPTER V. Of Slavery . § 1. Slavery ...
... Competition and Custom . § 1. Competition not the sole regulator of the division of the produce . 147 2. Influence of custom on rents , and on the tenure of land 3. Influence of custom on prices CHAPTER V. Of Slavery . § 1. Slavery ...
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... competitors 4 . of the competition of persons with independent means of sup- port 5. Wages of women , why lower than those of men 233 236 238 240 242 6. Differences of wages arising from restrictive laws , and from combi- nations 243 7 ...
... competitors 4 . of the competition of persons with independent means of sup- port 5. Wages of women , why lower than those of men 233 236 238 240 242 6. Differences of wages arising from restrictive laws , and from combi- nations 243 7 ...
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... Competition of different Countries in the same Market . § 1. Causes which enable one country to undersell another 2. Low wages one of those causes 3 . when peculiar to certain branches of industry 4. but not when common to all -- 5 ...
... Competition of different Countries in the same Market . § 1. Causes which enable one country to undersell another 2. Low wages one of those causes 3 . when peculiar to certain branches of industry 4. but not when common to all -- 5 ...
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... Competition not pernicious , but useful and indispensable . BOOK V. ON THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT . CHAPTER I. Of the Functions of Government in general . § 1. Necessary and optional functions of government distinguished . 2 ...
... Competition not pernicious , but useful and indispensable . BOOK V. ON THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT . CHAPTER I. Of the Functions of Government in general . § 1. Necessary and optional functions of government distinguished . 2 ...
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... competition no nation could gain anything , except by making others lose as much , or , at the least , prevent- ing them from gaining it . It often happens that the universal belief of one age of mankind - a belief from which no one was ...
... competition no nation could gain anything , except by making others lose as much , or , at the least , prevent- ing them from gaining it . It often happens that the universal belief of one age of mankind - a belief from which no one was ...
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Page 483 - 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 573 - Letting alone, in short, should be the general practice : every departure from it, unless required by some great good, is a certain evil.
Page 556 - 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.
Page 128 - If, therefore, the choice were to be made between Communism with all its chances, and the present state of society with all its sufferings and injustices; if the institution of private property...
Page 575 - Now any wellintentioned and tolerably civilized government may think without presumption that it does or ought to possess a degree of cultivation above the average of the community which it rules, and that it should therefore be capable of offering better education and better instruction to the people, than the greater number of them would spontaneously demand. Education, therefore, is one of those things which it is admissible in principle that a government should provide for the people.