A Project of Empire: A Critical Study of the Economics of Imperialism, with Special Reference to the Ideas of Adam SmithMacmillan, 1909 - 284 páginas |
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... PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES § 5. THE CASE OF INDIA . 209 211 DEVELOPMENT OF 213 214 · 216 217 218 219 221 223 § 6. THE PUBLIC DEBTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE . § 7. THE UNION WITH IRELAND § 8. IMPERIAL TAXATION AND REPRESENTATION § 9. BASES OF ...
... PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES § 5. THE CASE OF INDIA . 209 211 DEVELOPMENT OF 213 214 · 216 217 218 219 221 223 § 6. THE PUBLIC DEBTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE . § 7. THE UNION WITH IRELAND § 8. IMPERIAL TAXATION AND REPRESENTATION § 9. BASES OF ...
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... practical test of right conduct is the judgment of the impartial Need spectator . “ When the happiness or misery of. i Book iv . chap . ii . 2 Edited by Dr. Bonar , 1894 . 3 The writer is the fortunate possessor of Adam Smith's ...
... practical test of right conduct is the judgment of the impartial Need spectator . “ When the happiness or misery of. i Book iv . chap . ii . 2 Edited by Dr. Bonar , 1894 . 3 The writer is the fortunate possessor of Adam Smith's ...
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... practical test of right conduct is the judgment of the impartial 1 Book IV . chap . ii . 2 Edited by Dr. Bonar , 1894 . 3 The writer is the fortunate possessor of Adam Smith's presentation copy of the Wealth of Nations to Sir Joshua ...
... practical test of right conduct is the judgment of the impartial 1 Book IV . chap . ii . 2 Edited by Dr. Bonar , 1894 . 3 The writer is the fortunate possessor of Adam Smith's presentation copy of the Wealth of Nations to Sir Joshua ...
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... practical purposes the sympathies of the individual find their natural boundaries ; although no doubt in moments of exalta- tion he may indeed seek to enter into communion with the spirit of the universe , and in the same way he may on ...
... practical purposes the sympathies of the individual find their natural boundaries ; although no doubt in moments of exalta- tion he may indeed seek to enter into communion with the spirit of the universe , and in the same way he may on ...
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... practical consideration . " The most visionary enthusiast would scarce be capable of proposing such a measure with any serious hopes at least of its ever being adopted . " " No nation ever voluntarily gave up the dominion of any ...
... practical consideration . " The most visionary enthusiast would scarce be capable of proposing such a measure with any serious hopes at least of its ever being adopted . " " No nation ever voluntarily gave up the dominion of any ...
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Página 264 - Act, which is similar, either in material, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied, to any article enumerated in this Act as chargeable with duty, shall pay the same rate of duty which is levied on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned...
Página 207 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Página 116 - Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production ; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
Página 136 - I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good. It is an affectation, indeed, not very common among merchants, and very few words need be employed in dissuading them from it.
Página 114 - It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
Página 12 - It is not impossible, therefore, that some of the regulations of this famous act may have proceeded from national animosity. They are as wise, however, as if they had all been dictated by the most deliberate wisdom. National animosity at that particular time aimed at the very same object which the most deliberate wisdom would have recommended, the diminution of the naval power of Holland, the only naval power which could endanger the security of England.
Página 170 - To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored in Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it.
Página 184 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Página 136 - 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 fit to exercise it.
Página 78 - There may be good policy in retaliations of this kind, when there is a probability that they will procure the repeal of the high duties or prohibitions complained of. The recovery of a great foreign market will generally more than compensate the transitory inconveniency of paying dearer during a short time for some sorts of goods.