An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy (Vol. 1 of 2): Being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations. In which are particularly considered population, agriculture, trade, industry, money, coin, interest, circulation, banks, exchange, public credit, and taxesSteuart, James, Sir
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An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy (Vol. 1 of 2): Being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations. In which are particularly considered population, agriculture, trade, industry, money, coin, interest, circulation, banks, exchange, public credit, and taxes
Steuart, James, Sir
Economics
CHAP. X. Of the consequences which result from the 50
reparation of the two principal classes of a people, the
farmers and the free hands, with regard to their dwelling,
CHAP. XI. Of the distribution of inhabitants into classes; 59
of the employments, and multiplication of them,
CHAP. XII. Of the great advantage of combining a well 67
digested theory, and a perfect knowledge of facts, with
the practical part of government, in order to make a
people multiply,
CHAP. XIII. Continuation of the same subject, with regard to 75
the necessity of having exact lists of births, deaths, and
marriages, for every class of inhabitants in a modern
society,
CHAP. XIV. Of the abuse of agriculture and population, 82
CHAP. XV. Application of the above principles to the state 95
of population in _Great Britain_,
CHAP. XVI. Why are some countries found very populous, in 101
respect of others, equally well calculated for
improvement?
CHAP. XVII. In what manner, and according to what 109
proportion, do plenty and scarcity affect a people?
CHAP. XVIII. Of the causes and consequences of a country 114
being fully peopled,
CHAP. XIX. Is the introduction of machines into manufactures 119
prejudicial to the interest of a state, or hurtful to
population?
CHAP. XX. Miscellaneous observations upon agriculture and 124
population,
CHAP. XXI. Recapitulation of the first book, 149
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BOOK II.
Of Trade and Industry.
INTRODUCTION, 161
CHAP. I. Of the reciprocal connections between trade and 166
industry,
CHAP. II. Of Demand, 172
CHAP. III. Of the first principles of bartering, and how 175
this grows into trade,
CHAP. IV. How the prices of goods come to be determined by 181
trade,
CHAP. V. How foreign trade opens to an industrious people, 184
and the consequences of it to _the merchants_ who set it on
foot,
CHAP. VI. Consequences of the introduction of a passive 190
foreign trade among a people who live in simplicity and
idleness,
CHAP. VII. Of double competition, 196
CHAP. VIII. Of what is called expence, profit, and loss, 205
CHAP. IX. The general consequences resulting to a trading 206
nation, upon the opening of an active foreign commerce,
CHAP. X. Of the balance of work and demand, 216
CHAP. XI. Why in time this balance is destroyed, 225
CHAP. XII. Of the competition between nations, 232
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