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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Foreword
Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One. How the Interests were Called Upon to Counteract the Passions
The Idea of Glory and Its Downfall
Man “as he really is”
Repressing and Harnessing the Passions
The Principle of the Countervailing Passion
“Interest” and “Interests” as Tamers of the Passions
Interest as a New Paradigm
Assets of an Interest-Governed World: Predictability and Constancy
Money-Making and Commerce as Innocent and Doux
Money-Making as a Calm Passion
Part Two. How Economic Expansion was Expected to Improve the Political Order
Elements of a Doctrine
1. Montesquieu
2. Sir James Steuart
3. John Millar
Related yet Discordant Views
1. The Physiocrats
2. Adam Smith and the End of a Vision
Part Three. Reflections on an Episode in Intellectual History
Where the Montesquieu-Steuart Vision Went Wrong
The Promise of an Interest-Governed World versus the Protestant Ethic
Contemporary Notes
Notes
Index
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