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Introduction |
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Of the Principle of the Commercial, or Mercantile System |
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Of Restraints upon the Importation from Foreign Countries of such goods as can be produced at home |
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Of the Extraordinary Restraints upon the Importation of Goods of almost all kinds from those countries with which the balance is supposed to be disadvantageous |
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Part I. Of the Unreasonableness of those Restraints even upon the Principles of the Commercial System |
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Digression concerning Banks of Deposit, particularly concerning that of Amsterdam |
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Part II. Of the Unreasonableness of those extraordinary Restraints upon other Principles |
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Of Drawbacks |
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Of Bounties |
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Digression concerning the Corn Trade and Corn Laws |
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Of Treaties of Commerce |
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Art. I. |
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Art. II. |
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Art. III. |
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Of Colonies |
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Part I. Of the Motives for establishing new Colonies |
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Part II. Causes of the Prosperity of New Colonies |
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Part III. Of the Advantages which Europe has derived from the Discovery of America, and from that of a Passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope |
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Conclusion of the Mercantile System |
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Of the Agricultural Systems, or of those Systems of Political Economy which represent the produce of land as either the sole or the principle source of the revenue and wealth of every country |
BOOK IV
Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth |
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Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth |
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Part I. Of the Expense of Defence |
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Part II. Of the Expense of Justice |
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Part III. Of the Expense of Public Works and Public Institutions |
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Article I. Of the Public Works and Institutions for facilitating the Commerce of Society |
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1st, For Facilitating the general Commerce of the Society |
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2dly, For facilitating particular Branches of Commerce |
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Article II. Of the Expense of the Institutions for the Education of Youth |
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Article III. Of the Expense of the Institutions for the Instruction of People of all Ages |
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Part IV. Of the Expense of supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign |
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Of the Sources of the general or public Revenue of the Society |
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Part I. Of the Funds or Sources of Revenue which may peculiarly belong to the Sovereign or Commonwealth |
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Part II. of Taxes |
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Article I. Taxes upon Rent. Taxes upon the Rent of Land |
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Taxes which are proportioned, not to the Rent, but to the Produce of Land |
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Taxes upon the Rent of Houses |
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Article II. Taxes upon Profit, or upon the Revenue arising from Stock |
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Taxes upon the Profit of particular Employments |
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Appendix to Articles I. and II. Taxes upon the Capital Value of Land, Houses, and Stock |
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Article III. Taxes upon the Wages of Labour |
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Article IV. Taxes which, it is intended, should fall indifferently upon every different Species of Revenue |
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Capitation Taxes |
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Taxes upon Consumable Commodities |
| III. |
Of Public Debts |
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Appendix on the Herring Bounty |