...economists would answer with an emphatic no ; Mill is even more than usually eloquent on this point ; he says, " The ordinary progress of a society which increases...in wealth, is at all times tending to augment the income of landlords ; to give them both a greater amount and a greater proportion of the wealth of...

...factors of production in the total produce are scarcely considered at all, though later he says that " the ordinary progress of a society which increases...amount and a greater proportion of the wealth of the community."1 But no evidence is advanced in support of this opinion, which was probably taken uncritically...

...society, which he could not deny as having taken place, would not appear to have given the landlords "both a greater amount and a greater proportion of the wealth of the community" than they formerly held. He would be perplexed to find English land selling at such low prices and...

...society, which he could not deny as having taken place, would not appear to have given the landlords "both a greater amount and a greater proportion of the wealth of the community" than they formerly held. He would be perplexed to find English land selling at such low prices and...

...it to become an appendage to the riches of a particular class. This is actually the case with rent. The ordinary progress of a society which increases...times tending to augment the incomes of landlords. . . . They grow richer, as it were, in their sleep, without working, risking or economizing. What claim...

...become an unearned appendage to the riches of a particular class. This is actually the case with rent. The ordinary progress of a society which increases...times tending to augment the incomes of landlords. . . . They grow richer, as it were, in their sleep, without working, risking, or economising. What...