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... become great ? Why did another given state decline ? To this question political economy alone can give a sound answer . Historians speak of the fatal cycle which empires pass through , growing to greatness at first merely to arrive at ...
... become great ? Why did another given state decline ? To this question political economy alone can give a sound answer . Historians speak of the fatal cycle which empires pass through , growing to greatness at first merely to arrive at ...
Page 27
... become a science by becoming a science of observation . " Say is right ; but not in the sense in which the majority quote him . The economist ought to employ the method of observation in quite a different way from the student of nature ...
... become a science by becoming a science of observation . " Say is right ; but not in the sense in which the majority quote him . The economist ought to employ the method of observation in quite a different way from the student of nature ...
Page 33
... of flint , is far more powerful than his nails . As the methods of his labour improve , it becomes more productive , D that is to say , produces more useful articles with Production and Productive Labour . 33 § 1 Definition of Labour.
... of flint , is far more powerful than his nails . As the methods of his labour improve , it becomes more productive , D that is to say , produces more useful articles with Production and Productive Labour . 33 § 1 Definition of Labour.
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... becoming more and more competent to annul the effects of natural differences . The conquests of science in their uni- versal diffusion will produce a very similar condition of civilisation in every country . Montesquieu was right in his ...
... becoming more and more competent to annul the effects of natural differences . The conquests of science in their uni- versal diffusion will produce a very similar condition of civilisation in every country . Montesquieu was right in his ...
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... become impoverished and depopulated . This affords the most convincing proof that in favouring production , institutions and laws are more effective than blood and race . Since man is capable of perfection , to whatever race he may ...
... become impoverished and depopulated . This affords the most convincing proof that in favouring production , institutions and laws are more effective than blood and race . Since man is capable of perfection , to whatever race he may ...
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