Postlethwayt, Great Britain’s True System.
Postlethwayt, Great Britain's True System.
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Postlethwayt, Malachy. Great Britain’s True System. Reprint of 1757. New York, Augustus M. Kelley Publishers, 1967. 15 x 22.5 cm. CL, 363 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Includes for example the following chapters: Of raising the Supplies, by encreasing the Public Debts, considered. / A short Enquiry how far Great-Britain may be capable of rasing some considerable Part, if not the whole of the Supplies whitin the Year, necessary to carry on the War with Vigor. / Of raising the Supplies monthly, and paying all Contractors with the Government quarterly: and of the Effects thereof in the general Cirulation of our Commerce. / Considerations on the Nature of public Credit, which seem to confirm what has been before urged. / The Opinion that some Foreigners entertain of the national Debts, and the public Credit of this Kingdom. / How the Public Revenue might have been constituted to have prevented the Encrease of the Public Debts, and Taxes: with a further Comparison between the old and the new poposed System, to raise the Supplies. / How the raising the Supplies whitin the Year may be conducive to lower the Price of our Manufactures, and thereby the better enable us to maintain a Competition in Trade with our Rivals. / How far the Price of Things may have arisen from the quantity of Gold and Silver: and how far from the Encrease of the public Debts and Taxes. / Of the Encrease and Decrease of real Money in a State, and of the Price of Commodities: with a Comparison between France and England in Relation to the latter more minutely considered. / Further Observation on Rivalship in trade with Regard to France and other Nations. / How the Encrease of the public Debts, and consequently of the public Taxes will affect the Landed Interest. / The Practicability of Raising the Supplies within the Year, with the Sketch of Outlines of a Scheme for that Pupose./ The Effects of a quick Circulation between Money and Commodities further considered: upon which Principle depend Ease and Practicability of Raising the Supplies whitin the Year.
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