Dictionary of Political Economy, Volume 1Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave Macmillan, 1901 - Economics |
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... increase and burden of the Poor , London , 1752 , 8vo ( an attack upon compulsory provision ) .- Remarks on two Bills for the Better Maintenance of the Poor , London , 1752 , 8vo.- Observations on that part of a late Act of Parlia- ment ...
... increase and burden of the Poor , London , 1752 , 8vo ( an attack upon compulsory provision ) .- Remarks on two Bills for the Better Maintenance of the Poor , London , 1752 , 8vo.- Observations on that part of a late Act of Parlia- ment ...
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... increased profits largely . Both in agriculture and in manufactures the wages of labour were lowered , partly by the great diminution of efficiency , partly by the increase of population which was stimulated under a system which placed ...
... increased profits largely . Both in agriculture and in manufactures the wages of labour were lowered , partly by the great diminution of efficiency , partly by the increase of population which was stimulated under a system which placed ...
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... increase of permanent pasture has been greatest in grain - growing districts , which are , by climate and by soil , least adapted for pasture , and the economic loss is consequently greater . In 1872 the total acreage of per- manent ...
... increase of permanent pasture has been greatest in grain - growing districts , which are , by climate and by soil , least adapted for pasture , and the economic loss is consequently greater . In 1872 the total acreage of per- manent ...
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... increase decrease by a common difference , e.g. 1 , 4 , 7 , 10 , where the common difference is 3 ; 2 , 2 , 3 , 3 , where it is ; and 25 , 21 , 17 , 13 , where it is 4 . MALTHUS introduced the term into political economy in comparing ...
... increase decrease by a common difference , e.g. 1 , 4 , 7 , 10 , where the common difference is 3 ; 2 , 2 , 3 , 3 , where it is ; and 25 , 21 , 17 , 13 , where it is 4 . MALTHUS introduced the term into political economy in comparing ...
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... increase on the preceding one ) . A public sale in which succes- sive bidders increase the price until one offers a price which no others are prepared to exceed . The auctioneer is recognised by law as the agent both of the vendor and ...
... increase on the preceding one ) . A public sale in which succes- sive bidders increase the price until one offers a price which no others are prepared to exceed . The auctioneer is recognised by law as the agent both of the vendor and ...
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