Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_Upon_Projects

Release date is 2003-05-01

Transcribed from the 1887 Cassell & Company by David Price

"An Essay Upon Projects" by Daniel Defoe is an essay collection published in 1697. As Defoe's first published volume, it presents his vision of England as a "Projecting Age" and proposes ambitious plans for the nation's economic and social improvement. The work includes chapters on banks, highways, insurance, and academies, featuring an early proposal for a national insurance scheme. Defoe examines various aspects of English society, from bankrupts to seamen, offering moral criticism alongside practical reforms for transforming his country. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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