American Political Economy: Including Stricures on the Management of the Currency and the Finances Since 1861, with a Chart Showing the Fluctuations in the Price of GoldC. Scribner's Sons, 1890 - 495 стор. |
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... to its own physical circumstances of position on the globe , " and to the character , habits , and institutions of its people . Unquestionably there is a universal science of Political Economy , applicable not only to America , but.
... to its own physical circumstances of position on the globe , " and to the character , habits , and institutions of its people . Unquestionably there is a universal science of Political Economy , applicable not only to America , but.
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... America , but to France , England , and Germany , -to all nations under the There must be such a science , for the habits and dispo- sitions of men , as manifested in the pursuit of wealth , may be reduced to general principles , and ...
... America , but to France , England , and Germany , -to all nations under the There must be such a science , for the habits and dispo- sitions of men , as manifested in the pursuit of wealth , may be reduced to general principles , and ...
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... America , as it seems to me , we need an American Political Economy , the principles of the science being adapted to what is special in our physical con- dition , social institutions , and industrial pursuits . The facts need to be ...
... America , as it seems to me , we need an American Political Economy , the principles of the science being adapted to what is special in our physical con- dition , social institutions , and industrial pursuits . The facts need to be ...
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Сторінка 491 - The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself...
Сторінка 335 - ... no State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
Сторінка 427 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as Little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Сторінка 494 - The superiority of one country over another in a branch of production, often arises only from having begun it sooner. There may be no inherent advantage on one part, or disadvantage on the other, but only a present superiority of acquired skill and experience.
Сторінка 427 - 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.
Сторінка 108 - The laws and conditions of the production of wealth, partake of the character of physical truths. There is nothing optional, or arbitrary in them. Whatever mankind produce, must be produced in the modes, and under the conditions, imposed by the constitution of external things, and by the inherent properties of their own bodily and mental structure.
Сторінка 427 - 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.
Сторінка 218 - When the stocks of many rich merchants are turned into the same trade, their mutual competition naturally tends to lower its profit; and when there is a like increase of stock in all the different trades carried on in the same society, the same competition must produce the same effect in them all.
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