Table of Contents

[De la richesse commerciale, Sismondi, 1803, Original, xxv-lxxxv]

Libre premier. Des capitaux.

Chapitre premier. Origine de la richesse nationale.

Chapitre II. Des capitaux fixes.

Chapitre III. Des capitaux en circulation.

Chapitre IV. Revenus et dépenses de la société; leur balance

Chapitre V. Du numéraire.

Chapitre VI. Du capital immatériel ou des créances.

[Translation]

Book 1: Of Capital.

Chapter 1: Origin of the National Wealth.

Chapter 2: Of Fixed Capital.

Chapter 3: Of Circulating Capital.

Chapter 4: Revenue and Expenditure of Society; their Balance.

Chapter 5: Of Specie.

Chapter 6: Of Intangible Capital, or Credit.

Chapter 7: Balance between Imports and Exports.

Chapter 8: Comparative Rapidity of the Circulation of Movables.

Chapter 9: Natural Direction of Capitals.

Book 2: Of Price.

Chapter 1: What is the Origin of the Price of Things?

Seller Price.

Purchaser Price.

Chapter 2: Of Nominal Price and Real Price of Things.

Chapter 3: Conformity of the Interest of Consumers with the National Interest.

Chapter 4: Of Taxes which do not change the Price, but are levied on the Rent of Immovable.

Chapter 5: Of Taxes which change the Price and are paid by the Consumer.

Chapter 6: Of Taxes on Goods of the First Necessity.

Chapter 7: Of Influences of other Taxes upon the National Wealth.

Chapter 8: Of Laws erected for the Purpose of Raising the Price.

Chapter 9: Of Laws erected for the Purpose of Lowering the Price.

Book 3: Of Monopoly.

Chapter 1: Of the Legislation of Commerce.

Chapter 2: Of the Influence of Customs upon French Manufactures.

Chapter 3: How to attain the Purpose for which the Legislator has established the Customs.

Chapter 4: Apprenticeship.

Chapter 5: Of Masters, of Trade Unions and of their Status.

Chapter 6: Of Companies of Commerce.

Chapter 7: Of Colonies.

Chapter 8: Of Treaties of Commerce.

Chapter 9: Of Free Ports.

Introduction, footnote 01

[De la richesse commerciale, Sismondi, 1803, Original, 5]

   (1) Adam Smith donna ses premières leçons sur l’économie politique en 1752 ou 1753, mais il ne publia son ouvrage qu’au commencement de 1776. Le docteur Quesnay et Mr. Turgot fondèrent la secte des économistes vers 1760.

[Translation]

   (1) Adam Smith delivered his first course of lectures on political economy in 1752 or 1753, but only at the beginning of 1776 did he publish his work on it. Dr Quesnay and Mr Turgot founded the school of ‘Economistes’ around 1760.

Introduction, paragraph 20

[De la richesse commerciale, Sismondi, 1803, Original, 17]

   L’on me reprochera peut-être d’avoir fait entrer dans ce plan quelques discussions concernant les impôts, qui bien que du ressort du Législateur, ne sont pas de celui du commerce; mais j’ai cru qu’il ne falloit [fallait] point, par une sévérité mal entendue, tronquer les sujets que je traitois [traitais], et exclure de mon ouvrage les développemen[t]s du système que j’exposois [exposais], dès qu’ils en altéroient [altéraient] tant soit peu l’unité; si je ne suis pas à cet égard absolument exempt de blâme, tout au moins espérai-je pouvoir obtenir l’indulgence de mes lecteurs, à laquelle je sens bien que je serai souvent forcé d’avoir recours.

[Translation]

   I may be accused of having made some arguments upon taxation in this work, a theme which is out of the domain of commerce though in the domain of legislation. However, I have believed it unnecessary to be rigorous enough to omit some subjects of my scrutiny and enough to give up more detailed accounts of the system of my own expounding in my work, in fear of demolishing any of the unity of the work. If I am accused at all in this respect, I hope to be allowed to ask for the reader’s generosity, to which I will often be forced to have resort.