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On the policy of direct or indirect taxation
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
A direct tax can be made to possess all these requisites; it can be made equal, by imposing it on every person
according to his means; it can be rendered certain, and can be
levied at suitable and convenient times; and ...
On the economic causes of the present state of agriculture in Ireland: part six
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
In this paper I propose, in the first place, to
direct your attention to the special impediments to the application
of capital to mining operations in Ireland, which arise from the
state of the law with regard to mines. ...
An economic consideration of the Irish judgment - acts
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
It has frequently been asked, Why have the landlords of Ireland
so deeply encumbered their estates? and why do they not
now, by a sale of a portion of their property, release the remainder
from their creditors? The last ...
Observations on Irish railway statistics
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
As the railway system has now been considerably extended in
Ireland, it becomes a matter of interest to mark its progress, and
to examine the parliamentary and other public returns of traffic,
for the purpose of discovering ...
On the economic causes of the present state of agriculture in Ireland: part four
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
In my last paper on the Economic Causes of the
State of Agriculture in Ireland, I noticed three of the six legal
impediments to the application of capital, by tenants, to agricultural
operations, namely the old feudal ...
On the condition of the Irish labourer
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
I propose in this paper to submit to the consideration of the
society, the results of some applications of economic principles to
an investigation of the causes on which the condition of the Irish
labourer depends. The ...
On the economic causes of the present state of agriculture in Ireland: part three
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
In my first paper on the state of agriculture in
Ireland I ascribed that state to two sets of causes ? first, the legal
impediments to the free transfer and sale of land; and, secondly,
the legal impediments to the ...