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Conduct of the Bank under the Restriction
Present Monetary Position of the Bank
Power of the Bank over the Money Market
Reaction after Speculative Excesses
Misery produced by a Commercial Crisis
Dangers of a high Commercial Organization
No cure but a Moral one.
Rule for the Management of the Bank
The Bank not a private Concern
Note on the Proposal to fix a Minimum Rate of Discount for the Bank of
England
CHAP. X.-SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM.
Conclusions respecting Capital
Theory of Depreciation
PART II-PRECAUTIONS.
CHAP. I.-POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ITS PREJUDICES.
Political Economy built on Suppositions .
Economical Truths not Moral Rules
Doctrine of Laisser faire.
Resistance to the Principle of Laisser-faire
CHAP. II. TAXATION.
Ancient Feeling respecting Taxation
Present Danger from Dislike to Taxation
Mr. Norman on Taxation
Mr. Ricardo on Taxation
Real Incidence of Taxation
Effect of Remission on Producers and Consumers
Questions of Taxation subordinate
CHAP. III.-RURAL LIFE AND EMPLOYMENTS.
Rural Scenery of England
Its Moral and Social Effects
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CHAP. IV.-AGRICULTURAL LOANS.
Loans warranted by the Excess of Capital
Farmers cannot obtain Capital for themselves
Prosperous Trades create their own new Capital
Use of Government Intervention
Objections
Agricultural Loans would be repaid
CHAP. V.-LOANS FOR COLONIZATION AND EMIGRATION.
CHAP. VI.-LOANS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF TOWNS.
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CHAP. VIII.-ENGLAND AMONG THE NATIONS.
PART III.-PATH TO THE REMEDY.
CHAP, I.-THEORIES OF SOCIAL PROGRESS.
Different Kinds of Progress
Theory of Comte
Theory of Hegel
CHAP. II.-NATIONAL DECAY.
Moral Progress and Decay in Individuals
Greece and Rome
Italian Republics
Spain and Turkey
Nature of Moral Decay
France
United States
CHAP. III.-GROUNDS OF FEAR AND HOPE IN ENGLAND.
Decline of Moral Courage in Statesmen
Evil Signs in England
Permanent Seats in Parliament for Tried Men
Mr. Macaulay at Edinburgh
Grounds of Hope
Masses into which English Society is divided
Character of English Journals
Defects of the Journals
CHAP. IV.-RECONCILIATION OF THE CHURCHES.