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    Enlightenment · English

    An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy

    James Steuart

    An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy (1767), by James Steuart. From the Marxists Internet Archive.

    Chapters
    112
    Variants
    112
    Genre
    Political Economy
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Prefaceprose
    2. 02Chap. I Of the Government of Mankindprose
    3. 03Chap. II Of the Spirit of a Peopleprose
    4. 04Chap. III Upon what Principles, and from what natural Causes do Mankind multiply? And what are the Effects of Procreatioprose
    5. 05Chap. IV Continuation of the same Subject, with regard to the natural and immediate Effects of Agriculture, as to Populaprose
    6. 06Chap. V In what Manner, and according to what Principles, and political Causes, does Agriculture augment Population?prose
    7. 07Chap. VI How the Wants of Mankind promote their Multiplicationprose
    8. 08Chap. VII The Effects of Slavery upon the Multiplication and Employment of Mankindprose
    9. 09Chap. VII What Proportion of Inhabitants is necessary for Agriculture, and what Proportion may be usefully employed in eprose
    10. 10Chap. IX What are the Principles which regulate the Distribution of Inhabitants into Farms, Hamlets, Villages, Towns, anprose
    11. 11Chap. X Of the Consequences which result from the Separation of the two principal Classes of a People, the Farmers and tprose
    12. 12Chap. XI Of the Distribution of Inhabitants into Classes; of the Employment and Multiplication of themprose
    13. 13Chap. XII Of the great Advantage of combining a well digested Theory and a perfect Knowledge of Facts with the practicalprose
    14. 14Chap. XIII Continuation of the same Subject, with regard to the Necessity of having exact Lists of Births, Deaths, and Mprose
    15. 15Chap. XIV Of the Abuse of Agriculture and Populationprose
    16. 16Chap. XV Application of the above Principles to the State of Population in Great Britainprose
    17. 17Chap. XVI Why are some Countries found very populous in respect of others, equally well calculated for Improvement?prose
    18. 18Chap. XVII In what Manner and according to what Proportion do Plenty and Scarcity affect a Peopleprose
    19. 19Chap. XVIII Of the Causes and Consequences of a Country's being fully peopledprose
    20. 20Chap. XIX In the Introduction of Machines into Manufactures prejudicial to the Interest of a State, or hurtful to Populaprose
    21. 21Chap. XX Miscellaneous Observations upon Agriculture and Populationprose
    22. 22Introductionprose
    23. 23Chap. I: Of the reciprocal Connections between Trade and Industryprose
    24. 24Chap. II: Of Demandprose
    25. 25Chap. III: Of the first Principles of bartering, and how this grows into Tradeprose
    26. 26Chap. IV: How the Prices of Goods are determined by Tradeprose
    27. 27Chap. V: How foreign Trade opens to an industrious People, and the Consequences of it to the Merchants who set it on fooprose
    28. 28Chap. VI: Consequences of the Introduction of a passive Foreign Trade among a People who live in Simplicity and Idlenessprose
    29. 29Chap. VII: Of double Competitionprose
    30. 30Chap. VIII: Of what is called Expence, Profit, and Lossprose
    31. 31Chap. IX: The general Consequences resulting to a trading Nation, upon the opening of an active foreign Commerceprose
    32. 32Chap. X: Of the Balance of Work and Demandprose
    33. 33Chap. XI: Why in Time this Balance is destroyedprose
    34. 34Chap. XII: Of the Competition between Nationsprose
    35. 35Chap. XIII: How far the Form of Government of a particular Country may be favourable or unfavourable to a Competition wiprose
    36. 36Chap. XIV: Security, Ease and Happiness, no inseparable Concomitants of Trade and Industryprose
    37. 37Chap. XV: A general View of the Principles to be attended to by a Statesman, who resolves to establish Trade and Industrprose
    38. 38Chap. XVI: Illustration of some Principles laid down in the former Chapter, relative to the Advancement and Support of fprose
    39. 39Chap. XVII: Symptoms of Decay in foreign Tradeprose
    40. 40Chap. XVIII: Methods of lowering the Price of Manufactures, in order to make them vendible in foreign Marketsprose
    41. 41Chap. XIX: Of infant, foreign, and inland Trade, with respect to the several Principles which influence themprose
    42. 42Chap. XX: Of Luxuryprose
    43. 43Chap. XXI: Of Physical and Political Necessariesprose
    44. 44Chap. XXII: Preliminary Reflections upon inland Commerceprose
    45. 45Chap. XXIII: When a Nation, which has enriched herself by a reciprocal Commerce in Manufactures with other Nations, findprose
    46. 46Chap. XXIV: What is the proper Method to put a Stop to a foreign Trade in Manufactures, when the Balance of it turns agaprose
    47. 47Chap. XXV: When a rich Nation finds her Foreign Trade reduced to the Articles of Natural Produce, what is the best Plan prose
    48. 48Chap. XXVI: Of the Vibration of the Balance of Wealth between the Subjects of a modern Stateprose
    49. 49Chap. XXVII: Circulation and the Balance of Wealth, objects worthy of the attention of a modern Statesmanprose
    50. 50Chap. XXVIII: Circulation considered with regard to the Rise and Fall of the Price of Subsistence and Manufacturesprose
    51. 51Chap. XXIX: Circulation with foreign Nations, the same thing as the Balance of Tradeprose
    52. 52Chap. XXX: Miscellaneous Questions and Observations relative to Trade and Industryprose
    53. 53Introduction (2)prose
    54. 54Introduction (3)prose
    55. 55Chap. I: What Credit is, and on what foundedprose
    56. 56Chap. II: Of the Nature of Obligations to be performed, in consequence of Credit given; and of what is meant by the termprose
    57. 57Chap. III: Of the Interest of Moneyprose
    58. 58Chap. IV: Of the Principles which regulate the Rate of Interestprose
    59. 59Chap. V: Of the Regulation of Interest by Statuteprose
    60. 60Chap. VI : What would be the Consequence of reducing, by a British Statue, the legal Interest of Money below the presentprose
    61. 61Chap. VII : Methods of bringing down the Rate of Interest, in Consequence of the Principles of Demand and Competitionprose
    62. 62Chap. VIII : Is the Rate of Interest the certain measure of the State of Commerce?prose
    63. 63Chap. IX : Does not Interest fall in Proportion as Wealth increases?prose
    64. 64Chap. I: Of the various Kinds of Creditprose
    65. 65Chap. II : Of private Creditprose
    66. 66Chap. III : Of Banksprose
    67. 67Chap. IVprose
    68. 68Chap. V : Such Banks ought to issue their Notes on private, not mercantile Creditprose
    69. 69Chap. VI : Use of subaltern Bankers and Exchangersprose
    70. 70Chap. VII : Concerning the Obligation to pay in Coin, and the Consequences thereofprose
    71. 71Chap. VIII : How a wrong Balance of Trade affects Banks of Circulationprose
    72. 72Chap. IX : How a grand Balance may be paid by Banks, without the assistance of Coinprose
    73. 73Chap. X : Insufficiency of temporary Credits for the Payment of a wrong Balanceprose
    74. 74Chap. XI : Of the Hurt resulting to Banks, when they leave the Payment of a wrong Balance to Exchangersprose
    75. 75Chap. XIIprose
    76. 76Chap. XIII : Continuation of the Same Subject; and of the Principles upon which Banks ought to borrow Abroad, and give cprose
    77. 77Chap. XIV: Of optional Clauses contained in Bank Notesprose
    78. 78Chap. XXII: Of the Bank of England and of the Banks of Circulation established on Mercantile Creditprose
    79. 79Chap. XXIII: Of the first Establishment of Mr Law's Bank in France, in the year 1716prose
    80. 80Chap. XXV: Continuation of the Account of Law's Bankprose
    81. 81Chap. XXVI: Account of the Royal Missisippi Bank of France, established on Public Creditprose
    82. 82Chap. XXIX: Continuation of the Account of the Royal Bank of France, until the time that the Company of the Indies promiprose
    83. 83Chap. XXX: Inquiry into the Motives of the Duke of Orleans in concerting the Plan of the Missisippiprose
    84. 84Chap. XXXI: Continuation of the Account of the Royal Bank of France, until the total Bankruptcy on the 21st of May 1720prose
    85. 85Chap. XXXII: Conclusion of the Mississippi Schemeprose
    86. 86Chap. XXXIII: Why Credit fell, and how it might have been supportedprose
    87. 87Chap. XXXIV: Of Banks of Deposit and Transferprose
    88. 88Chap. XXXV: Of the Bank of Amsterdamprose
    89. 89Chap. I: Of the first Principles of Exchangeprose
    90. 90Chap. II: How to determine exactly the true and intrinsic value of the Metals, Coin, or Money, in which a Balance to forprose
    91. 91Chap. III: How to remove the Inconveniences which occur in paying Balances with the Metals or Coin of a Nationprose
    92. 92Chap. IV: How the Price of Exchange, in a prosperous trading Nation, may be prevented from operating upon the whole Massprose
    93. 93Chap. V: How, when other Expedients prove ineffectual for the discharging of Balances, the same may be paid by the Meansprose
    94. 94Chap. Iprose
    95. 95Chap. II: Of the rise and Progress of Public Creditprose
    96. 96Chap. III: Of Anticipations, or borrowing Money upon Assignments to Taxes for the Discharge of Principal and Interest; aprose
    97. 97Chap. V: Of the Present State of Public Credit in Great Britainprose
    98. 98Chap. VIII: Contingent Consequences of the Extension of Credit, and Increase of Debtsprose
    99. 99Chap. IX: Of Bankruptciesprose
    100. 100Chap. X: Methods of contracting and paying off public Debtsprose
    101. 101Introduction (4)prose
    102. 102Chap. I: Of the different Kinds of Taxesprose
    103. 103Chap. II: Of proportional Taxes, and their proper Objectprose
    104. 104Chap. III: How proportional Taxes are drawn back by the Industrious and how that drawing back is the only reason why Taxprose
    105. 105Chap. IV: Of cumulative Taxesprose
    106. 106Chap. V: Of the Inconveniences which proceed from proportional Taxes, and of the Methods of removing themprose
    107. 107Chap. VI: Cumulative and proportional Taxes compared with one another, and farther examinedprose
    108. 108Chap. VII: Consequences of Taxes when the Amount of them is properly appliedprose
    109. 109Chap. VIII: Of the Extent of Taxationprose
    110. 110Chap. X: Are Taxes a Spur to Industry, as some pretend?prose
    111. 111Chap. XI: Considerations upon Land-Taxes, with some Observations upon those of England and Franceprose
    112. 112Chap. XII: Miscellaneous Questions relating to Taxesprose