Defoe, Daniel,  1661?-1731 <br/><br/>
An Essay Upon Projects 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_Upon_Projects  Release date is 2003-05-01 
<br/><br/>Transcribed from the 1887 Cassell & Company by David Price  Transcribed from the 1887 Cassell & Company by David Price 
<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Finance -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th century Economics -- Early works to 1800 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR