Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CONVERSATION I INTRODUCTION
- CONVERSATION II INTRODUCTION—continued
- CONVERSATION III ON PROPERTY
- CONVERSATION IV PROPERTY—continued
- CONVERSATION V ON THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
- CONVERSATION VI ON CAPITAL
- CONVERSATION VII CAPITAL—continued
- CONVERSATION VIII ON WAGES AND POPULATION
- CONVERSATION IX WAGES AND POPULATION—continued
- CONVERSATION X ON THE CONDITION OF THE POOR
- CONVERSATION XI ON REVENUE
- CONVERSATION XII REVENUE FROM LANDED PROPERTY
- CONVERSATION XIII REVENUE FROM THE CULTIVATION OF LAND
- CONVERSATION XIV REVENUE FROM CAPITAL LENT
- CONVERSATION XV ON VALUE AND PRICE
- CONVERSATION XVI ON MONEY
- CONVERSATION XVII MONEY—continued
- CONVERSATION XVIII COMMERCE
- CONVERSATION XIX ON FOREIGN TRADE
- CONVERSATION XX FOREIGN TRADE—cont.
- CONVERSATION XXI ON EXPENDITURE
- INDEX
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CONVERSATION I INTRODUCTION
- CONVERSATION II INTRODUCTION—continued
- CONVERSATION III ON PROPERTY
- CONVERSATION IV PROPERTY—continued
- CONVERSATION V ON THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
- CONVERSATION VI ON CAPITAL
- CONVERSATION VII CAPITAL—continued
- CONVERSATION VIII ON WAGES AND POPULATION
- CONVERSATION IX WAGES AND POPULATION—continued
- CONVERSATION X ON THE CONDITION OF THE POOR
- CONVERSATION XI ON REVENUE
- CONVERSATION XII REVENUE FROM LANDED PROPERTY
- CONVERSATION XIII REVENUE FROM THE CULTIVATION OF LAND
- CONVERSATION XIV REVENUE FROM CAPITAL LENT
- CONVERSATION XV ON VALUE AND PRICE
- CONVERSATION XVI ON MONEY
- CONVERSATION XVII MONEY—continued
- CONVERSATION XVIII COMMERCE
- CONVERSATION XIX ON FOREIGN TRADE
- CONVERSATION XX FOREIGN TRADE—cont.
- CONVERSATION XXI ON EXPENDITURE
- INDEX
Summary
IN offering to the Public this small work, in which it is attempted to bring within the reach of young persons a science which no English writer has yet presented in an easy and familiar form, the author is far from inferring from the unexpected success of a former elementary work, on the subject of Chemistry, that the present attempt is likely to be received with equal favor. Political Economy, though so immediately connected with the happiness and improvement of mankind, and the object of so much controversy and speculation among men of knowledge, is not yet become a popular science, and is not generally considered as a study essential to early education. This work, therefore, independently of all its defects, will have to contend against the novelty of the pursuit with young persons of either sex, for the instruction of whom it is especially intended. If, however, it should be found useful, and if, upon the whole, the doctrines it contains should appear sound and sufficiently well explained, the author flatters herself that this attempt will not be too severely judged. She hopes it will be remembered that in devising the plan of this work, she was in a great degree obliged to form the path she has pursued, and had scarcely any other guide in this popular mode of viewing the subject, than the recollection of the impressions she herself experienced when she first turned her attention to this study, though she has subsequently derived great assistance from the kindness of a few friends, who revised her sheets as she advanced in the undertaking.
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- Conversations on Political EconomyIn Which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained, pp. v - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1816