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Show 9!) INDKI. 486-probable effects of annihilating the public debt, 486-particularlyon landlord ,4.87-and on ca.pitali~ts, ib. 488, 489. New Spain. See Mexico. Non-interference, the principle of necessarily limited in practice ;first, by some d~tties connected with politicotl economy, wltich it is univ rsally acl< nowledged belong to the . over.eign, 18; seco11dly, by the almo t uni·versal prevalence of bad regulations, which require to be amended or removed, 19 ; and thirdly, by the necessity of taxation, ib.-the propriety of interfel'ing but little does not supersede in any dep:ree the use of the mo t extensive professional knowledge, ~0. 0. Oats, unfavourable operation of prohibitory laws, and of bounty on the growth of, 255, 256. P. Political Economy, importance and nature of the science of, 1, 2-strictures on the differences between the ]~conomists and Adam Smith, 2, 3, 5 -causes of the differences in opinion among the principal writers on political economy, .5-21-motives and design of the present work, 21-24. Population and cultivation do not a) ... w,ays proceed with equal steps, 1'27 -influence of the increase of population on rents, 161, 162-cause of the increase of the population of lreland, 232, 252-why the population of England did not increase in proportion to that of lreland, dul'ing the same period, 2.1~~' 290-causes of the increase of population in Scot. Jand, 254-of the causes which principally influence the increase of population, 257-266-the increase of population, considered as a stimulus to the continued increase of wealth, 347-351-the thin population of some parts of New Spain accounted for, 385-obgtacles to .the progress of population in that country, :-387. Potatoes, the culture of in Ireland a cause of the increased population of that island, 232, 2.52. Prices of commodities, how influenced by demand and supply, 64-72-by the cost of production, 72-84- by the labour, which a commodity has actunll.r cost, 84-108-and by the labour which it will command, 118-126-prices of commodities, how iuflu need by mon y, when uniform in it ''alue, 108-118-na.tural or n ce ·ary price, what, 83, 84-the causes of the excess of the price of raw produce above the co ts of production, 139-150-the drpendenc of the actual quanti1y of produce obtained from the land upon the existing pric , illustrated, 183-191 -a temporary rise of prices, not sufficient to warrant an increase of rent, 200-rent ought always to be a little behind pric s, ~01-the natural price of labour, what, 247-and what the market price, ib. 24·8-priees of wheat in the 15th and lfith centuries, 271, 272, 273-in the 17th centur.v, 277 -in the 18th century, ~79-and in the former part of the 19th century, ~80- general observations on the prices of corn during the last five centurie , 281-292-particularly as atfected by the seasons, 2B4-2!16. Primogeniture, right of, ought nut to be abolished in this country, and why, 437-440. Produce ( agricnltural), influ~~ce of the increa e of price in, on ra1~m.g _re~ts, 166-178-and also ir. rl1m IIIshmg them, 181, 18i-on the dependence of the actual quantity of produee ?btained from the land upon the existing rents and existing prices, 183- 191-the connexion between great comparative wealth, and a high comparative price of raw produc~, 192- 199--ofthe distribution occaswned by the division of landed property. c?nsidered as the means of increasmg the exchangeable value of th~ w~ole produce, 4~7-440-of the distnbt~tion occasioned by commerce, considered as the mear;s of increasing the exchangeable value of produce! 440 -462-the distribution occaswne.d by unproductive consumers,. considered as a means of increasmg the exchangeable value of the w hoi~ produce, 463-490-an increase m the exchangeable value of th.e whole produce necessary to extncate the labom ·ing classes of this country from their presen1t distresses, 505, .SOB- 520. d 't Production, cost of, considerc as 1 ' affects exchangeable value, 7~-76 INDEX. 599 -is subordiuate to the relation of the supply to the demand, 76-78-the true way of considering the co t of production, 78-83-in what respects t~1e ~igh comparative cost of productH~ n 1s a cause of the high comparative pnce of corn, 194-198-thevalue of the wh_ole produce of a country how to be estimated, 265, 266-facilities of production promote the opening of markets, 4·_1 2-~n union of the powers of productiOn Wlth the means of distribution, necessary, iu order to ensure a continued increase of wealth, 413 -:-426-and to remove the present dJstrcsses of the labourin"' classes 505--507. 0 ' cess~ry separation of rent from the proftts of the cultivator, and the wages of. the labourer, 150-160-rent is pmd by cattle, and in what manner and proportions, 99,100--whatcauses tend to raise _rents in the ordinary pro~ gress of soctety, 160-178- what causes tend to lower the rents, 178- 182-ou tbe dep nuence of the actual quantity of produce obtained from the land, upon the existin ()" rent and the existing prices, 133-l~H--pros~ pect of exorbitant rent, from a competition o~ f~r·mers, in what r pect a cause of Hljury to landlords and to the country, 200-cautions to them in raising their rents, ~00-201-improvell! ents in agriculture, a main source of the rise of rents, 207- 210. Productive labour, defined, 38-examination of Adam Smith's definition of it, 30-37. Profits of the cultivator, on the necessary separation of, from the rent of land, 150-160-refutation of the error, that when land is successively thrown out of cultivation, the rate of profits will be high in pmportion to the superior natural fertility of the land, which will th~n be le~st fertile in cultivation, 189-191. Profits of capital, defined, 293-in what manner they are affected by the increasing difficulty of procuring the mean~ of subsistence, 294-301- also b,r the proportion which capital bears to labour, 301-313-and by the causes practically in operation, 31.3-326-remarks on Mr.Ricardo's theory of profits, 3~6-336. Property, succession to, how regulated in l"rancc, 433, 434. See L11nd, Wealth. Proportion~, importance of considering, in forming great results on political economy, 432, 4·33. Q. Qul!-lity of land, how far a primary eause of the high price of raw produce, 140-142. R. Rent of land, defined, 134-its nature and causes, 13.5-150-the circumstance of the cost of the main food of a country being alt{lost entirely resolvable into wages and profits, does not prevent rent from forming a component part of the price of the great n1ass of corurnodi ties, 97 -on the ne- Resoul'ccs of a country cannot be altered by humanity, 246. Restr·ictions on the importation of corn, effect of, 22~-~24. Revenue, saving from, to add to tho capital, considered as a ~timulus to the increase of wealth, 351-375- an increased national revC'nue wanted to extricate this country from its present distresses, 505-an union of the mean~ of distribution with the powers of production is absolutely necesary for this purpose, 413-·1:26, 505- 507. Ricardo (Mr.), character of his principles of political economy, 23, 214, 11otet-observatiuus on his opinion on the influence of demand and supply on prices, 71, 7~-his proposition, thilt a rise in the price of labour lowers the price of a large class of commodities, proved to he true, 91 -96-his opinion considered on the influence of fertility of land on the increase of rents, 14.5, 14·6, 152- llis theory of rent controverted, 205, 206, 212-216- strictures on his notion of the surplus of land, 2'16- 231-his definition of the natural price of labour erron~ous, 247-remarks on his theory of profits, 3~6 -336-and on his theory of acculllulation, or saving from reveuue to add to capital, considered a a stimulus to the increase of wealth, 356- 36~, 366, 367-375-correction of Iris statement as to the effect of th .. powers of production on the increase of we.ulth, 417, •U8-his pGsitiou |
