Forest Books | Defence of Usury; shewing the impolicy of the present legal restraints on the terms of pecuniary bargains in Letters to a friend. To which is added a letter to Adam Smith on the discouragements opposed by the above restraints to the progress of inventive industry. And to which is also added, second edition, a protest against law taxes.

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Book Reference:	24897
Author:	BENTHAM (Jeremy)
Title:	Defence of Usury; shewing the impolicy of the present legal restraints on the terms of pecuniary bargains in Letters to a friend. To which is added a letter to Adam Smith on the discouragements opposed by the above restraints to the progress of inventive industry. And to which is also added, second edition, a protest against law taxes.
Price:	£225.00
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Description:	Printed for Payne and Foss. 1816. Third Edition, [viii],206,70pp., with half-title, some light foxing, orig. boards, upper hinge slightly cracked, orig. printed paper label to spine (a little chipped), uncut, a fresh copy in the original state. Bentham refutes prejudices against interest lending and demonstrates how repressive measures against usury are not adequate to fight excessive interest rates.
Subjects:	Antiquarian \| Economics