The Character and Logical Method of Political Economy

actual Adam Smith admit advance agricultural produce ascertained assumed Astronomy capital ceteris paribus character circumstances commodities complex conclusions consequence consider cost of production cultivation deductive deductive reasoning definition depends discovery distribution of wealth disturbing causes doctrine economic law economic rent economic science economist effect employed established example existence explain expression facts farmer force gold human nature hypothesis hypothetical important inductive industry influence labor land landlord law of cost laws of mind laws of value lecture logical Macleod Malthus Malthusian means mental method nomenclature object observed obtained operation ordinary profits phenomena of wealth phenomenon physical sciences Physiocrats Political Economy portion positive positive science premises present principles of human production and distribution proof proportion quantity question reasoning regard regulates result Ricardo Rickards sense silver social soil speculation statistics subsistence supply supposed surplus value tendency theory of rent true truth ultimate wages writer