- Agriculture, the most essential requisite for population, Vol. I. p. [21]. [25].
- The extension of, how to be regulated, id. [28].
- When it may be said to be carried to its utmost extent, id. [82].
- The difference between, when exercised as a trade, and when as the direct means of subsistence, id. [88].
- Remarks on the state of, in Spain, id. [89].
- In Germany, id.. [91].
- In England and France, id. [102].
- In Scotland, id. [103].
- Whether the efficient cause of the multiplication of mankind, or their multiplication of agriculture, id. [114].
- What species of, most advantageous to modern society, id. [127].
- The natural distribution of, id. [139].
- Agio of the bank of Amsterdam, explained, II. [296].
- Aides in the French taxes, explained, II. [502. n.]
- America, the alterations in the modes of government in Europe, occasioned by the discovery of, I. [10]. [51].
- Amsterdam, remarks relative to the bank of, II. [56].
- Animal food, detrimental to population, I. [117].
- Animals, their numbers in all countries proportioned to the quantity of food produced for them, I. [18].
- Anne, Queen, state of the revenue of England at her accession, II. [381].
- Antients, their simplicity of manners, how compatible with a great multiplication, I. [152].
- Arbitrary power, its influence on trade, I. [244].
- Army, regular, the necessity of, in an industrious state, argued, I. [136].
- Army, how to raise a supply of men for, without having recourse to the hiring foreign troops, I. [450].
- Athenians, Xenophon’s plan for the proper employment of, I. [460].
- Athens, surprizing quick reduction of its wealth, I. [438].
B.
- Balance between nations, the nature of, in a commercial view, explained, II. [334].
- Hints for the payment of, without the intervention of coin or bullion, id. [344].
- Balance of power, the nature of, inquired into, I. [448].
- Balance of trade, what, II. [21].
- Reflections relating to, I. [416].
- Whether any judgment can be formed concerning it, barely from the quantity of specie found in a nation, I. [429].
- Whether the state of specie furnishes any rule to judge of it, id. [435].
- A wrong one raises the price of bullion to the value of coin, II. [5].
- Between England and France, the state of, how to be discovered, id. [18].
- How the payment of a wrong one affects circulation, id. [169].
- Bank, whether landed men might not as well issue their own notes on their landed security, as apply there, II. [131].
- Banks, the two general classes of, II. [146].
- Of circulation, what, id. [150].
- How a good one may be obliged to stop payment, id. [152].
- On what the solidity of it depends, id. [153].
- On what kind of credit such banks ought to issue their notes, id. ib.
- How their obligation to pay in coin arose, and the consequences of that obligation, id. [157].
- How affected by a wrong balance of trade, id. [161].
- How a grand balance may be paid by, without the assistance of coin, id. [162].
- How hurt by leaving the payment of a wrong balance to exchangers, id. [165].
- Upon what principles they ought to borrow abroad, and give credit at home, id. [178].
- Of Edinburgh, hints for the advantage of, id. [187].
- How they may be enabled to discharge notes on demand, id. [200], [213].
- Subaltern, and their competition with each other, II. [202].
- National, necessary regulations for, proposed, II. [205].
- When, and in what case, they shall be obliged to keep open books, id. [208].
- Whether it is their interest to grant credit and cash accounts to exchangers and others, and to make a trade of sending the coin out of the country, id. [211].
- How by the return of a favourable balance, the debts of foreigners may be paid off, and the nation delivered from that burden, id. [218].
- Dangerous to an idle nation, id. [232].
- Of the first establishment of that of Mr. Law, id. [235].
- The Royal Missisippi, id. [243].
- Bank of Amsterdam, original intention of, II. [292].
- The principle of its circulation of coin explained, id. [298].
- Bank of England, the interest of, examined, I. [629].
- State of, II. [158].
- Its situation in the year 1745, id. [176].
- Its principal operations traced, id. [220].
- Its circulation with the exchequer explained, II. [225].
- Hints for the advantage of, proposed, id. [229].
- How the paper of, tends to supply circulation, id. [233].
- Its credit compared with that of the bank of Amsterdam, id. [308].
- Banks of deposit and transfer, II. [291].
- Bank notes, the nature of, explained, II. [151].
- Of the optional clauses contained in, id. [195].
- Bankers and exchangers, subaltern ones, the use of, II. [154].
- Banking, that branch of credit best deserving the attention of a statesman, II. [149].
- The nature of, in Scotland, id. [155].
- Bankruptcies, national, how occasioned, II. [456].
- Barter, the first species of trade, I. [175].
- Beer, remarks on the late additional duty on, II. [512].
- Belloni, Mr. mistakes of, pointed out, with respect to estimating the exportation of commodities of a particular country, by the quantity of money found in it, I. [430].
- Bills of mortality, plan for the improvement of, I. [72].
- Birmingham, no silver coin counterfeited there, II. [99. note.]
- Brakenridge, Dr. his account of the state of population in Great Britain, I. [95].
- Remarks on, id. [97].
- Bread, the price of, how limited in the greatest famine, I. [397].
- Britain, Great, remarks on the state of population in, I. [95].
- Bullion, how the price of, is regulated, I. [564]. II. [20].
- Buyers and sellers, the interest of, examined, I. [628].
C.
- Canada, the principles of the European trade to, inquired into, I. [186].
- Cantillon, Mr. his remark on the course of exchange between London and Paris, II. [17].
- Capet, Hugh, the nature of his jurisdiction compared with that of a king of Poland, I. [240].
- Charity, modern, shewn to be impolitic, I. [467].
- Child, remarks on that position of his, that the legislature can keep down the rate of interest to the level most advantageous for trade, II. [122].
- Circulation, in a political sense, explained, I. [374].
- Illustrated by a party at quadrille, id. [375].
- How to be excited, id. [378].
- Illustrated, id. [381].
- When it should be checked, id. [384].
- Foreign and domestic, to be distinguished, id. [389].
- How affected by the payment of a wrong balance of trade, II. [170].
- Comparative inquiry into the state of, among the ancients and moderns, II. [558].
- Cities, the growth of, accounted for, I. [48].
- Described as under a feudal government, id. [51].
- In what respects advantageous to a country, id. [55].
- See [Corporations].
- Classes of mankind, the advantages of calculations and bills of mortality distinguishing them, I. [72].
- Coin, new regulations for, proposed, I. [634].
- The term defined, II. [46].
- What the best form to be given to it, id. [67].
- Difference between, and medals, id. [67].
- Gold, silver, and copper, remarks on, id. [68].
- Never found to exceed the uses of circulation, id. [112].
- How the obligation of banks to pay in, arose, and the consequences of that obligation, id. [157].
- French, account of its variation about the time of the death of Louis XIV. id. [236].
- See [Money].
- Coinage, duty on, II. [2].
- Its first introduction must reduce the prices of commodities, id. [3].
- Consequences of the exclusive privilege of, id. [4].
- The price of, in France, id. [17].
- How the paying for, affects the profits on goods exported, id. [26].
- How it affects the profits on goods imported, id. [28].
- How it influences the prices of inland commodities, II. [33].
- Experiment in, proposed, id. [39].
- How the imposition of, will affect the creditors of Great Britain, id. [53].
- How it advances the credit of France, id. [54].
- Whether the imposition of, in England, would not frequently stop the mint, id. [57].
- When adviseable to impose a duty on, id. [29].
- How imposed, id. [30].
- By authority, id. [31].
- By consent, id. ib.
- The consequences, id. ib. id. [34].
- Colbert, Mr. remarks on, I. [67].
- Commerce, an examination of the various principles by which it is regulated, I. [191].
- Commodities, in trade, what considerations enter into the fixing prices on them, I. [182].
- Companies, mercantile, an inquiry into the advantages and disadvantages of, I. [471].
- Competition, its effect on trade, I. [196].
- Conquerors, why the government of, heavy to be borne, I. [10].
- Consumers and producers, their relation to each other, and the political balance between, considered, I. [264].
- Consumption of productions of the earth, the question whether a frugal or prodigal one, be for the advantage of population, argued, I. [141].
- Corn, difference between the price of it being lowered by plenty, and by importation, I. [292].
- Expedient proposed to assist a people during a scarcity of, id. [294].
- Corn trade, general reflexions on, I. [214].
- On exportation and importation of, id. [230].
- Corporations, reflexions on, I. [331].
- Corsicans, the real state of their contest with Genoa, I. [419].
- Corvée, in the French revenue, what, II. [485. n.]
- Country, the love of, in individuals, how to be understood, I. [164].
- Courage, where likely and where unlikely to be found, I. [452].
- Credit, a definition of, II. [105].
- Why seldom found perfectly solid, under a pure monarchy, id. [106].
- Why that of France is so fluctuating, id. [106].
- Why that of Great Britain so well established, id. [107].
- Not yet fixed upon true principles, id. [130].
- The various kinds of, id. [141].
- Their characteristic differences, id. [143].
- The nature of, examined into, I. [365].
- Its commercial advantages, id. [366].
- Public, how the internal balance of wealth is affected by it, id. [370].
- Credit, public, brief sketch of the birth and progress of, I. [208].
- The utmost extent of, how to be determined, II. [463].
- The rise and fall of, explained, id. [351].
- Of anticipations, or borrowing money upon assignments of taxes, for the discharge of principal and interest, id. [354].
- Of France, state of, before the death of Louis XIV. id. [367].
- A comparison between that of France and England, in the times of Richlieu and Davenant, id. [377].
- Of Great Britain, the present state of, id. [380].
- Credit, private, the subdivisions of, II. [144].
- How to carry, to its greatest extent, id. [145].
- Credit, debts and taxes, consequences of the change produced in the policy of industrious trading states, by the establishment of, II. [441].
- Creditors, the interest of, always the predominant, and what determines the interest of a nation, I. [611].
- Public, the interest of, examined, id. [625].
- Cumulative tax, the term defined, II. [500].
- See [Tax].
- Crop, plentiful, of Grain in England, inquiry what proportion it bears to the annual consumption, I. [109].
- Difference between a reputed good and bad one, id. [112].
D.
- Davenant, Dr. his correction of Sir William Petty’s computations, I. [42].
- Debts, public, the various consequences of, II. [348].
- Demand, a definition of that word, in a commercial view, I. [172].
- Demand and work, an inquiry into the causes which influence an alteration of the balance between, I. [217].
- The duty of a statesman to assist and permit gentle vibrations between, id. [229].
- Democracy, how it differs from monarchy, I. [242].
- How they affect trade respectively, id. [243].
- Dependance, in society, three kinds of, distinguished, I. [238].
- On courts, the principles on which it subsists, analized, id. [357].
- Depopulation, the most effectual causes of, I. [108].
- Desertion, among soldiers, the cause of, pointed out, I. [136].
- Diseases, political, certain sign of, I. [69].
- Dissipation, the benefits of, to industry, I. [367].
- Ducats, examination of the new regulation of, in Holland, I. [612].
- Dutot, M. his sentiments on paper credit with reference to the affairs of France, II. [241], [245].
E.
- Edinburgh, hints for the improvement of the banks there, II. [187].
- England, the idleness and luxury of manufacturers, of more prejudice to its foreign trade, than the high taxes, II. [504].
- England or France, which the most populous, I. [102].
- Equality of possessions in a state, the consequences of, examined into, I. [367].
- Estate, the difference between one near the metropolis, and one in a remote province, I. [55].
- Evil, no such thing in the universe, I. [482. n.]
- Europe, the great revolution in the political system of, and the cause to which it is owing, I. [10].
- Excess, import of that term, I. [308].
- Distinguished from sensuality and luxury, id. [311].
- Exchange, the best measure for valuing currency, I. [570].
- How the course of it is regulated, II. [13], [21].
- Whether the loss which the course of it marks on the trade of Great Britain with France, be real or apparent, id. [25].
- The first principles of, id. [310].
- The difficulties which occur in paying balances, id. [315].
- How these payments are effected, id. [332].
- The operations of, between London and Paris, id. [335].
- Exchequer, its circulation with the bank, explained, II. [225].
- Excise, the accounts of, how settled between the exchequer and the bank, II. [226].
- Expence, the word defined, and the senses in which it is used, distinguished, I. [205].
- Exportation, the proper means of encouraging, I. [283].
- Reflections on premiums for, id. [297].
- What the most profitable branches of, id. [341].
- The proper conduct when that of a nation is reduced to the articles of natural produce, id. [343].
- Why those manufacturers who work for, the poorest of those in a state, II. [10].
- Theory of the prices on articles of, id. [11].
F.