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Table of Contents

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  • Farmers pay more poor-rate than the manufacturers, 359-362.
  • Foreign Trade, effects of an extension of, 146, 147. Proofs that the profits of the favoured trade will speedily subside to the general level, 148-154.
  • Funded Property, the price of, no steady criterion by which to judge of the rate of interest, 413-415.
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  • Gold, and Silver, an insufficient medium for determining the variable value of commodities, 7, 8. But, upon the whole, the least inconvenient standard for money, 80, 81. On whom a tax upon gold would ultimately fall, 249, 250. The value of gold ultimately regulated by the comparative facility or difficulty of producing it, 251. Effects of a tax upon gold, 252-261. Evils of prohibiting a free trade in the precious metals, when the prices of commodities are raised, 309. The value of gold and silver proportioned to the quantity of labour necessary to produce them and bring them to market, 499. Remarks on the employment of these metals in currency, 516. Their relative values at different periods, accounted for, 516-526. Investigation of the comparative value of gold, corn, and labour, in rich and in poor countries, 527-537.
  • Gross Revenue, advantages of, over-rated by Adam Smith, 491. And by M. Say, 492, note. Examination of this doctrine, 492-498. A diminution of gross income, no diminution of net income, 579-583.
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