The effect therefore on national wealth of those classes of unproductive consumers which are supported by taxation, must be very various in different countries, and must depend entirely upon the powers of production, and upon the manner in which the taxes are raised in each country.


Book II, Chapter I, On The Progress of Wealth, Section IX, p. 410. - Principles of Political Economy (Second Edition 1836)

Thomas Robert Malthus Quotes

The effect therefore on national wealth of those classes of unproductive consumers which are supported by taxation, must be very various in different ...

The effect therefore on national wealth of those classes of unproductive consumers which are supported by taxation, must be very various in different ...

The effect therefore on national wealth of those classes of unproductive consumers which are supported by taxation, must be very various in different ...

The effect therefore on national wealth of those classes of unproductive consumers which are supported by taxation, must be very various in different ...