This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...designates bank notes as productive capital. Wealth of Nations, Bk. II., ch. ii. t Trail d"Economie Polilique, p. 1. 1. Court d"Economic Politique, Part IV., ch. v. i Principles of Political Economy, Bk. III., ch. xii., 1. Whately is the only English economist that we are aware of who has drawn especial attention to incorporeal property. He says: "The only diff1culty I can foresee as attendant on the language I have been now using, is one which (i. e., defining political economy as the science of exchanges) vanishes so readily on a moment"s reflection as to be hardly worth mentioning. In many cases, where an exchange really takes place, the fact is liable (till the attention be called to it) to be overlooked, in consequence of our not seeing any actual transfer...