Book II, Chapter I, On The Progress of Wealth, Section IX, p. 410
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Principles of Political Economy
Principles of Political Economy Considered with a View to their Applications, simply referred to as Principles of Political Economy, was written by nineteenth century British political economist Thomas Malthus in 1820. Malthus wrote Principles of Political Economy as a rebuttal to David Ricardo's On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. While the main focus of their work is to explain economic depressions in Europe and the reasons why they occur, Malthus uses his scholarship to explore price determination and the value of goods.
Book II, Chapter I, On The Progress of Wealth, Section X, p. 414 (See also: Karl Marx, Capital Volume I, Chapter 25, Section 4(e), p. 742
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“It is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house.”
Book II, Chapter I, On the Progress of Wealth, Section IX, p. 403
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Book I, Chapter I, Of The Definitions of Wealth and of Productive Labour, Section II, p. 43
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Book I, Chapter III, Of the Rent of Land, Section IX, p. 216
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“A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one.”
Book II, Chapter I, On the Progress of Wealth, Section V, p. 355
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Book I, Introduction, p. 8
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Book II, Chapter I, On the Progress of Wealth, Section VII, p. 374
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