Lectures on Political Economy, vol. 2
Lectures given at the University of Edinburgh in the first decade of the 19th century. Volume 2 contains his lectures on free trade, taxation, the Poor Laws, education, and his theory of government.
Lectures on Political Economy. Now first published. Vol. II. To which is Prefixed, Part Third of the Outlines of Moral Philosophy, edited by Sir William Hamilton (Edinburgh, Thomas Constable, 1856).
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- Author: Dugald Stewart
- Editor: Sir William Hamilton
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS.
- LECTURES ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.
- PART FIRST.: OF POLITICAL ECONOMY PROPER. (CONTINUED.)
- [CONTINUATION OF BOOK SECOND.]: [OF NATIONAL WEALTH.]
- [CHAPTER III.]: [OF TRADE.]
- SECT. I.—: OF THE FREEDOM OF TRADE.
- [SUBSECT. I.—: Of Restraints on Domestic Commerce and Industry.]
- [SUBSECT. II.—: Of Restraints on the Commercial Intercourse of Different Nations.]
- [SECT. II.]—: OF THE CORN TRADE.
- [SUBSECT. I.]—: Of the Inland Corn Trade.
- [SUBSECT. II.]—: Of the Trade carried on by the Merchant Importer of Grain for Home Consumption.
- [SUBSECT. III.]—: Of the Trade carried on by the Merchant Exporter of Corn for Foreign Consumption.
- [SUBSECT. IV.]—: Of the Trade of the Merchant Carrier or Importer of Corn for future Exportation.
- [SUBSECT. V.]—: Miscellaneous Observations upon the Corn-Trade.
- [SECT. III.]—: ON SUBJECTING THE COMMERCE OF MONEY TO THE REGULATION OF LAW.
- [SECT. IV.—: ON SUBJECTING THE COMMERCE OF LAND TO THE REGULATION OF LAW.]
- [CHAPTER IV.]: OF TAXES.
- [SECT. I.—: OF TAXES IN GENERAL.—INTRODUCTORY.]
- [SECT. II.]—: TAXES UPON LAND.*
- [SUBSECT. I.]—: Taxes upon the Rent of Land.
- [SUBSECT. II.]—: Taxes which are proportioned, not to the Rent, but to the Produce of Land.
- [SECT. III.]—: TAXES UPON THE RENT OF HOUSES.
- [SECT. IV.]—: TAXES UPON PROFIT, OR UPON THE REVENUE ARISING FROM STOCK.
- [SUBSECT. I.—: Taxes upon Profit in General.]
- [SUBSECT. II.]—: Taxes upon the Profit of Particular Employments.
- [SECT. V.—: CONCLUSION.]
- [BOOK THIRD.]: [OF THE POOR—THEIR MAINTENANCE.]
- [CHAPTER I.]: [HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE POOR-LAWS.]
- [SECT. I.—: OF THE ENGLISH POOR-LAWS.]
- SECT. II.—: OF THE SCOTTISH POOR-LAWS.
- [CHAPTER II.]: [SUBSIDIARY MEASURES FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR.]
- [SECT. I.—: OF CHARITY WORKHOUSES.]
- [SECT. II.—: OF BENEFIT CLUBS, OR FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.]
- [SECT. III.—: ON THE DISTRESSES OF THE POOR, IN SO FAR AS THEY PROCEED FROM THEIR OWN EVIL HABITS.]
- [BOOK FOURTH.]: [OF THE EDUCATION OF THE LOWER ORDERS.]
- [PART SECOND.]: [OF THE THEORY OF GOVERNMENT, OR POLITICS PROPER.*]
- [CHAPTER I.]: OF THE SIMPLE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT.
- [SECT. I.]—: INTRODUCTION.
- [SUBSECT. I.—: Of the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Powers.]
- [SUBSECT. II.—: Of the Simple Forms of Government in Theory and in general.]
- [SECT. II.—: OF THE SIMPLE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT IN SPECIAL.]
- [SUBSECT. I.]—: Of Democracy and Democratic States.
- [SUBSECT. II.]—: Of Aristocracy.
- [SUBSECT. III.]—: Of Monarchy.
- [CHAPTER II.]: OF MIXED GOVERNMENTS.
- [SECT. I.—: OF MIXED GOVERNMENTS IN GENERAL.]
- [SECT. II.—: ON, IN SPECIAL; AND PARTICULARLY] OF THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
- APPENDICES TO PARTS FIRST AND SECOND.
- APPENDIX I.—: To B. II. Ch. iii. § 3, p. 114.
- Quotation on the Exportation of Grain, from Howlett.
- APPENDIX II.—: To Part I., p. 326.
- A Conclusion of the First Three Books of Political Economy,—strictly so called.
- APPENDIX III.—: To Part II., p. 452.
- An earlier Conclusion of Politics Proper.
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