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Appendix II. Examination Questions.

  1. What are the chief causes that determine the rate of interest?
  1. If it be true that in America every man, however rich, is engaged in some business, but that in England many rich men have no trade or profession, how is the rate of interest in each country affected in consequence, and why?
  1. How does a fall in the purchasing power of money tend to affect, if at all, and why, (1) the rate of interest, (2) the price of land, (3) the price of government bonds, (4) the price of gold and silver ornaments and plate?

Foreign Competition.

  1. Explain the grounds of Mr. Mill's proposition that general
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