Part 2 (2/2)

CHAP. I.

Result of the foregoing Inquiry applied to Britain.--Its present state, in what its wealth consists; ill.u.s.trated by a chart, shewing the increase of revenue and commerce........................191

CHAP. II.

Of education, as conducted in England.--Amelioration proposed.-- Necessity of government interfering, without touching the liberty of the subject............................ 216

CHAP. III.

Of the effects of taxation in England........229

CHAP. IV.

Of the national debt and sinking fund.--Advantages and disadvantages of both.--Errors committed in calculating their effects.

--Causes of error.--Mode proposed for preventing future increase....................234

CHAP. V.

Of taxes for the maintenance of the poor.--Their enormous increase.-- The cause.--Comparison between those of England and Scotland.-- Simple, easy, and humane mode of reducing them..............247

CHAP. VI.

Causes of decline, peculiar to England.................... 257

CHAP. VII.

Circ.u.mstances peculiar to England, and favourable to it............. 261

CHAP. VIII.

Conclusion.................... 276

Application of the present Inquiry to nations in general..............289

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