An Inquiry Into the Principles of the Distribution of Wealth Most Conducive to Human Happiness

abstraction accumulated acquired acquisition actions adults amongst arising articles of wealth association benefits benevolence bounties capital capitalists cease circumstances classes co-operating communities comforts consequences consumed diffusion directed distribution of wealth duction effect enjoy equal security equality of distribution established evils excessive wealth excessively rich existence favour greater number habits hitherto human happiness ignorance improvement increase individual competition industry inequality of wealth influence institutions intellectual interest knowledge laws of distribution mass means of happiness ment mind mode monopolies moral motives munity mutual co-operation natural laws necessarily necessary objects of desire objects of wealth operation pernicious physical pleasures plunder political economy political power portion possession possible preponderant principle of security productive labourers productive powers products of labour profit public opinion punishments pursuit quantity regulations render restraints social society species superior supply supposed surplus labour sympathy things tion truth utility vices vidual voluntary equality voluntary exchanges