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On the connexion between statistics and political economy
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
As our Society professes to be formed in order to promote the study
of "Statistical and Economical Science," I think it may not be
inappropriate to make a few observations, by way of introduction,
on the connexion between ...
On commercial panics
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1849)
Amongst the many subjects of inquiry which present themselves
in the wide field of Statistics, there is none, I think, more
calculated to excite our interest, than the one which I am about to
bring under the consideration ...
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 ...