An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy (Vol. 1 of 2) Being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations. In which are particularly considered population, agriculture, trade, industry, money, coin, interest, circulation, banks, exchange, public credit, and taxes

The opening of II. Of Trade and Industry

INTRODUCTION, 161

CHAP. I. Of the reciprocal connections between trade and 166 industry,

CHAP. II. Of Demand, 172

CHAP. III. Of the first principles of bartering, and how 175 this grows into trade,

CHAP. IV. How the prices of goods come to be determined by 181 trade,

CHAP. V. How foreign trade opens to an industrious people, 184 and the consequences of it to the merchants who set it on foot,

CHAP. VI. Consequences of the introduction of a passive 190 foreign trade among a people who live in simplicity and idleness,

CHAP. VII. Of double competition, 196

CHAP. VIII. Of what is called expence, profit, and loss, 205

CHAP. IX. The general consequences resulting to a trading 206 nation, upon the opening of an active foreign commerce,

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