 The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the community make them, and are very different in different ages and countries;...  Varieties of Scientific Experience - Page 338by Lewis S. FeuerLimited preview - About this book
 | Charles Douglas - 1895 - 330 pages
...determined by natural agencies and circumstances, distribution is "a matter of human institution solely." " The rules by which it is determined, are what the...; and might be still more different, if mankind so chose." J This determination of distribution by human will makes choice a vitally important factor... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1896 - 1142 pages
...possession. The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules \>y which it is determined, are what the opinions and...; and might be still more different, if mankind so chose. The opinions and feelings of mankind, doubtless, are not a matter of chance. They are consequences... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1900 - 506 pages
...the possession. The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the...countries; and might be still more different, if mankind so chose. The opinions and feelings of mankind, doubtless, are not a matter of chance. They are consequences... | |
 | Joseph Hiam Levy - Economics - 1903 - 136 pages
...matter of human institution solely." It depends, we are told, " on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opinions...of the ruling portion of the community make them." Now mark the following words from the commencement of the very next paragraph, and especially the last... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1904 - 626 pages
...the possession. The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the...different in different ages and countries; and might be etill more different, if mankind so chose. The opinions and feelings of mankind, doubtless, are not... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1904 - 624 pages
...the possession. The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the commnnity make them, and are very different in different ages and countries; and might be still more... | |
 | Richard Theodore Ely, Thomas Sewall Adams - Economics - 1908 - 728 pages
...they like. . . . The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends upon the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opinions and feelings of the community make them, and are very different in different ages and countries; and might be still more... | |
 | Richard Theodore Ely - Economics - 1908 - 746 pages
...they like. . . . The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends upon the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opinions and feelings of the community make them, and are very different in different ages and countries; and might be still more... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Classical school of economics - 1909 - 1076 pages
...therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined are what trie opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the...; and might be still more different, if mankind so chose. The opinions and feelings of mankind, doubtless, are not a matter of chance. They are consequences... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Classical school of economics - 1909 - 1076 pages
...depends on the_iaJiga^and cuaims of society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opimoaa mid feelings of the ruling portion of the community make...; and might be still more different, if mankind so chose. The opinions and feelings of mankind, doubtless, are not a matter of chance. They are consequences... | |
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