OF

POLITICAL ECONOMY.

PART THE THIRD:

OF

THE CAUSES WHICH RETARD

INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF MANKIND.

PART THE FOURTH:

OF

THE CAUSES WHICH RETARD

IMPROVEMENT IN THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF MAN.

BY H. C. CAREY,

AUTHOR OF AN ESSAY ON THE RATE OF WAGES.

"All discord harmony not understood."-POPE.

"God hath made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions."-

PHILADELPHIA:

LEA & BLANCHARD.

LONDON:

JOHN MILLER,

HENRIETTA STREET-COVENT GARDEN.

1840.

ECCLESIASTES.

II. Movement of the Population of France, the Nether-

lands, England, and the United States,

III. Of the Duration of Life-France, the Netherlands,

England, and the United States,

IV. Of the Ratio of Marriages to Population-France,

13

20

the Netherlands, England, and the United States, 34

V. Of Fecundity-France, the Netherlands, England,

and the United States,

40

VI. Of Emigration-France, the Netherlands, Eng-

land, and the United States, -

43

45

47

VII. Of the Efficiency of Labour-France, the Nether-

lands, England, and the United States,

VIII. Summary,

IX. Review-Mr. Malthus, Mr. M'Culloch, Mr. Mill, 53

X. Review-Mr. Senior, Dr. Chalmers, and others, 71

PART THE FOURTH:

CHAP. I. Of the Influence of Wealth on the Political Condi-

109

II. Of the Influence of Wealth on the Political Condi-

tion of the People of Greece and Rome,

III. Of the Influence of Wealth on the Political Condi-

tion of the People of Italy, Spain, and France, 126

IV. Of the Influence of Wealth on the Political Condi-

tion of the People of Denmark, Norway, Ger-

many, and Poland, -

160

V. Of the Influence of Wealth on the Political Condition

of the People of Holland, England, and Scotland, 169

VI. Of the Influence of Wealth on the Political Condi-

tion of the United States and India,

VII. Of the Influence of Political Condition on the Pro-

duction of Wealth,

VIII. Review-M. De Tocqueville,

IX. Conclusion, -

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