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Illustrations of political economy, Volume 9 (of 9) is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Martineau, Harriet (1802–1876).
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"Illustrations of political economy, Volume 9 (of 9)" by Harriet Martineau is a collection of didactic tales and essays on economics written in the early 19th century. It dramatizes how taxation, public debt, war finance, trade restrictions, and personal morality shape everyday lives, chiefly through the story of a London grocer’s family in Budge Row paired with essayistic dialogues that unpack the principles at stake. Readers can expect a blend of social fiction and plain-spoken economic argument aimed at showing how policy choices ripple through households and markets. The opening of Illustrations of political economy, Volume 9 (of 9) follows the Farrers of Budge Row as Jane prepares for the return of her university-educated brother Henry, while their father exults over gains from a tontine and frets about war, taxes, and the national debt. Family tensions mount as the exciseman brother‑in‑law Peek boasts of his powers, Henry recoils from shopkeeping and consumption taxes’ effects on the poor, and Mr. Farrer tries to force him into the grocery. Henry leaves to earn by his pen; Mr. Farrer declines and dies on New Year’s Eve, prompting Jane’s struggle with avarice and Morgan the servant’s plain, steadying counsel. The section then shifts to Henry’s modest household with his French émigré wife Marie and her father, where their collaborative writing turns into clear debates on taxation (consumption versus income/property), smuggling, and the economic harms seen in Holland, France, Spain, and England, culminating in an argument that an equitable property tax and paying down the national debt would best relieve the industrious—setting the intellectual stakes for the tale.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Illustrations of political economy, Volume 9 (of 9)
- Author credits: Martineau, Harriet (1802–1876)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Didactic fiction, English
- Political fiction, English
- Social problems -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Economics
- Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
- Category: Novels
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