Political economy. An inquiry into the natural grounds of right to vendible property, or wealth Samuel Read

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1829 Excerpt: ...not produce an actual or observable reduction. Thqre are a great many trades and employments, it is to be remembered, in the advanced state of society, which it requires a certain amount of capital to enable the traders to engage in, and as wealth increases, greater numbers come to have it in their power to enter into such trades, and many are willing to do so, and accept a lower rate of profit or interest; and sometimes also a lower rate of what is properly to be considered as wages, or remuneration for their labour; which is all in favour of the community in general, or of the great body of it, consisting of the lower classes of labourers. But in treating this subject of the distribution of wealth as it takes place under the system of the division of labour, and under the operation of the principle described, and of the causes depending upon that principle explained in this chapter, it is always to be understood and remembered, that it is only under good government, where there is perfect liberty in the choice of employments, and in the disposal of land, capital, and labour, that all the beneficial effects we have endeavoured to delineate are to be looked for, or that a strictly equitable distribution can be attained; and every infringement of the liberty just mentioned, or any obstruction thrown in the way of the free disposal or employment of land, capital, and labour, or of the free choice of employments in general, is to be regarded as an obstruction thrown in the way of the just distribution of wealth, and consequently as a violation more or less of justice and of the rights, not only of the persons directly restrained, but of all others on whom such restraints or factitious monopolies operate injuriously; and indeed of the community in general, whos... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Political economy. An inquiry into the natural grounds of right to vendible property, or wealth (Samuel Read)