Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
The following nine articles are "Speculations," by no means altogether recommendations. They are _from_ Political Economy, i.e. they have nearly all of them been suggested by considering mere propositions of Political Economy. Some of them are old, or given me by friends: some...
The law of entail in England (so called) is not what the popular orators suppose. The eldest son inherits really; that is, if there be no will, no settlement, or other dispositi...
2. Chapter 2Descending a little from this abstract argument, our opponent says, "If you go on buying wheat for gold, and cannot sell your cutlery and broadcloth out of the country for gold,...
3. Chapter 3The 33-1/3 per cent for compulsory purchase is illusory, and I have only put it in the statement of the scheme to meet an objection which I know to be common (and equally illuso...
1. Chapter 1The following nine articles are "Speculations," by no means altogether recommendations. They are _from_ Political Economy, i.e. they have nearly all of them been suggested by co...
4. Chapter 4Government might monopolise the retailing of tea in England. At present, in a country town like Exeter or Canterbury, there may be fifty grocers selling tea. In their competitio...