CHAP. II.
Of the education of youth in nations increasing in wealth. -- The errors generally committed by writers on that subject. -- Importance of female education on the manners of a people. -- Not noticed by writers on political economy. -- Education of the great body of the people the chief object. -- In what that consists............94
CHAP. III.
Of increased taxation, as an interior cause of decline. -- Its different effects on industry, according to the degree to which it is carried. -- Its effects on the people and on government.............102
CHAP. IV.
Of the interior causes of decline, arising from the encroachments of public and privileged bodies; and of those who have a common interest on those who have no common interest.....................116
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CHAP. V.
Of the internal causes of decline, arising from the unequal division of property, and its accumulation in the hands of particular persons. -- Its effects on the employment of capital...............125
CHAP. VI.