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Ricardo - On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation
They ought to be clear and certain, 233, 234.
Effects of taxes on gold, considered, 247-261.
Ground rents, not a fair subject of taxation, 267. Taxes
on houses by whom ultimately borne, 266.
Taxes on necessaries, virtually a tax on profits, 269, 270.
Effects of taxation of profits considered, 270-284.
Taxes upon luxuries, 314.
Advantages and disadvantages of, 327-329.
Supposed absurdities in taxation, explained and obviated,
315-317.
Proper objects of taxation, 326.
Observations on the taxation of other commodities than raw
produce, 330.
Effect of taxes to defray the interest of loans, 332-334.
Remarks on the tax upon malt, and every other tax on raw
produce, 346-353.
Nature and operation of the poor-rate, 355-362.
Examination of the inconveniences supposed to be sustained
by the payment of taxes by the producer, 538-541.
_Tithes_, nature of, 225.
Are an equal tax, _ibid. _
Difference between tithes and a tax on raw produce, 226.
Tithes materially affect corn-rents, 227.
They act as a bounty on importation, and therefore are
injurious to landlords, 229, 230.
Do not discourage cultivation, 237, 238.
_Trade_, general causes of sudden changes in the channels of, 363-365.
More particularly the commencement of war after a long peace,
or vice versa, 365-368.
The effects of such revulsions on agriculture, considered, 369-376.
Observations on the carrying trade, 407.
See _Foreign Trade_.
U.
_Utility_, essential to exchangeable value, 2.
V.
_Value_, definition of, 1.
The distinctive properties of value and riches considered, 377-397.
See _Labour_.
Utility essential to exchangeable value, 2.
Scarcity, one source of such value, _ibid. _
The quantity of labour required to obtain commodities, the principal
source of their exchangeable value, 3-15.
The effects of accumulation of capital on relative value, 16-42.
Effects of a rise in wages, on relative value, 43, 44.
Effects of payment of rent, on value, 45, 46. Variations in
the value of money make no difference in the _rate_ of profits,
46, 47.
The value of gold and silver is in proportion to the labour
necessary to produce and bring them to market, 499, 500.
Investigation of the comparative value of gold, corn, and labour,
in rich and in poor countries, 527-537.
W.
_Wages_, effects of a rise in, on relative value, 27-33, 43, 44, 48.
Natural and market prices of labour, 90-93.
Increase of capital in quantity and value, increases the natural
price of wages, 94, 95.
Increase of capital, but not in value, augments the market price
of wages, _ibid. _
Proofs that the increasing difficulty of providing an additional
quantity of food with the same proportional quantity of labour,
will raise wages, 97-104.
A rise in wages not necessarily productive of comfort to
the labourer, 105-108.
A rise of wages not _necessarily_ productive of a rise in the prices
of commodities, 109, 110, 286-289.
Wages will be raised by a tax on necessaries, 269-270.
And by a tax on wages, 285.
Effects of a tax upon wages, considered, 297-306.
_Wealth_, causes of the increase of, 66.
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