Civilization: Or, A Brief Analysis of the Natural Laws that Regulate the Numbers and Condition of MankingSaunders and Otley, 1836 - 216 trang |
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absentee Adam Smith additional advance agricultural agricultural produce America appears aristocracy arrondisse augmented average capital cause cent civilization clothing combination compared condition consequence consume corn cotton cultivation demand for labour Democracy in America derive diminish diminution distress duced effect employed employment enable existence expense exported extent factures fall farms former France fund gun barrels higher orders higher wages House of Commons improvements increase of population industry inhabitants instance Ireland labour in England land landlord less limited living maintain mankind manu manufac manufactured articles marriages masters means of subsistence ment mortality nations natural number of births number of labourers number of persons observes occasioned paid poor portion procure profits prolific proportion purchase raised rate of increase rate of wages raw produce reduced rent revenue rise society subdivision supply of food suppose surplus produce tendency tillage tion trade unprolific classes wealth Wealth of Nations workmen
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