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On the condition of the Irish labourer
No full textI 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 chief results are ?first, that the condition
of the Irish labourer at present depends chiefly on the state of
agriculture in Ireland ? secondly, that any artificial interference to
promote native manufactures would be injurious instead of beneficial
to the labourers ? and thirdly, that it is unscientific and erroneous
to describe the population of Ireland as excessive
Commercial panics
No full textAmongst 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 of the Society, and which is so well
known in the mercantile world under the name of Commercial
Panic or Crisis. If it be difficult to ascertain the laws which regulate
commercial matters under ordinary circumstances, surely the
extraordinary or anomalous ones challenge our most careful
consideration