A consideration of the theory that the backward state of agriculture in Ireland is a consequence of the excessive competition for land

Abstract

The theory, that injurious consequences result to the community from excessive competition for land, is one that has many supporters at the present time; and as the choice of measures for better regulating the relation of landlord and tenant depends on the general decision of this important question, it cannot be uninteresting to consider what the principles of economic science teach us are the real effects of unrestrained competition on the knowledge and industry employed in the cultivation of the soil.