The Wealth of Nations/Volume 3

by Adam Smith

 

THE WEALTH OF NATIONS

 

BY

ADAM SMITH, LL.D

 

PART THREE

 

 

NEW YORK
P. F. COLLIER & SON

MCMII

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SCIENCE

CONTENTS

VOLUME THREE

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1. BOOK IV—continued

   Of Systems of Political Economy

2. Chap. IX.

   Of the Agricultural Systems, or of those Systems of Political Economy, which represent the Produce of Land as either the sole or the principal Source of the Revenue and Wealth of every Country ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   7

3.  

   BOOK V

   Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth

4. Chap. I.

   Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   44

5. Part I. Of the Expense of Defence ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   44

6. Part II. Of the Expense of Justice ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   68

7. Part III. Of the Expense of Public Works and Public Institutions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   85

8. Article 1st. Of the Public Works and Institutions for facilitating the Commerce of the Society. First, for Facilitating the general Commerce of the Society. Secondly, for facilitating particular Branches of Commerce ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   86

9. Article 2d. Of the Expense of the Institutions for the Education of Youth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   135

10. Article 3d. Of the Expense of the Institutions for the Instruction of People of all Ages ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    171

11. Part IV. Of the Expense of supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    210

12. Conclusion of the Chapter ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    211

13. II.

    Of the Sources of the general or public Revenue of the Society ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    213

14. Part I. Of the Funds or Sources of Revenue which may peculiarly belong to the Sovereign or Commonwealth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    213

15. Part II. Of Taxes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    224

16. Article 1st. Taxes upon Rent; Taxes upon the Rent of Land ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    228

17. Taxes which are proportioned, not to the Rent, but to the Produce of Land ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    241

18. Taxes upon the Rent of Houses ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    246

19. Article 2d. Taxes upon Profit, or upon the Revenue arising from Stock ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    256

20. Taxes upon the Profit of Particular Employments ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    264

21. Appendix to Articles 1st and 2d. Taxes upon the Capital Value of Lands, Houses and Stock ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    272

22. Article 3d. Taxes upon the Wages of Labor ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    281

23. Article 4th. Taxes which, it is intended, should fall indifferently upon every different Species of Revenue ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    285

24. Capitation Taxes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    286

25. Taxes upon consumable Commodities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    289

26. III.

    Of Public Debts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    343

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