Browsing JSSISI: 1855 to 1856, Vol. I, Journal of the Dublin Statistical Society by Author "Walsh, Richard Hussey"
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A deduction from the statistics of crime for the last twelve years
Walsh, Richard Hussey (Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)Both in ancient and modern times it has been generally believed that want is unfavorable to virtue, and privation (malesuada fames) an incentive to crime. But a counter-theory is now growing up, and becoming, in fact, ... -
Notes on the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier
Walsh, Richard Hussey (Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)The dividends of the Societe Generale de Credit Mobilier for the past year have been at the rate of 40 per cent; and its 500-franc shares sold for 1980 francs each, or at a premium of nearly 300 per cent. How is this to ... -
Observations on the gold crisis, the price of silver and the demand for it; with answer to the question, "What becomes of the new supplies of gold"
Walsh, Richard Hussey (Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)A decline in the value of either of the precious metals must proceed very slowly; as, owing to their natural qualities and the purposes to which we turn them, they are calculated to accumulate gradually from age to age, ... -
Observations on the present export of silver to the East
Walsh, Richard Hussey (Dublin Statistical Society, 1856)Unlike the old movement of silver to the East, the present cannot be permanent. The former was rarely more than might be accounted for as the distribution of that metal to some of its principal customers? the nations ... -
The relative expediency of defraying the expense of war by loans or by increased taxation considered with reference to the present financial system of the United Kingdom
Walsh, Richard Hussey (Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)The present war has already taught two important lessons. It has shown how vain were the expectations of those who had flattered themselves that the principal nations of Europe had grown too wise to appeal to the sword ...