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Page 123
Mr. Colquhoun commences his discussion by distinguishing between Poverty , --
which is defined to be that state and condition in society where the individual has
no surplus labour in store , and , consequently , no property but what is derived ...
Mr. Colquhoun commences his discussion by distinguishing between Poverty , --
which is defined to be that state and condition in society where the individual has
no surplus labour in store , and , consequently , no property but what is derived ...
Page 124
With the subject of Poverty , the price of labour is intimately connected ; and we
refer it to gentlemen and men of property , to consider whether it would not be
better policy to allow the labourer * wages adequate to the support of himself and
...
With the subject of Poverty , the price of labour is intimately connected ; and we
refer it to gentlemen and men of property , to consider whether it would not be
better policy to allow the labourer * wages adequate to the support of himself and
...
Page 135
Of this we may be certain , that any attempt to regulate the po : pulation , so as to
keep it below the demand for labour , in a country advancing in prosperity , either
agricultural or commercial , arrd surrounded by others in the same career ...
Of this we may be certain , that any attempt to regulate the po : pulation , so as to
keep it below the demand for labour , in a country advancing in prosperity , either
agricultural or commercial , arrd surrounded by others in the same career ...
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