Calendar: 1873-1874 Page 308

EVENING CLASSES 307 IX Schemes for the reconstruction of Society The origin progress and present position of such schemes- Communism-Socialism-The fundamental fallacy of these theories-Their apparent defence Laws respecting the settlement and devolution of Property-The effects of these Laws on the economy of Society and the Distribution of Wealth XI The Land Systems of the United Kingdom and other countries-Their effects on the Societies which have adopted and maintain them XII The effects of International Trade and the exchange of the products of Home and Foreign Industry Tariff's and Commercial Treaties-The influence of such relations on the intercourse of Nations XIII The Distribution of Products-The circumstances which give particular countries advantages in Climate Natural Products Commerce and Industry XIV The effect of waste or unproductive consumption on the economy of Society and the Distribution of wealth-Of Endowments in aid of Education-of Charities in aid of Labour XV Pauperism its History its Growth and its Kinds- Remedies which have been devised for the purpose of arresting or controlling it XVI Taxation and its incidence-direct and indirect imperial and local-the distribution of Taxation and the circumstances under which the apparent payer is able to shift the tax on others XVII The uses of Metallic Currency-the effects in- duced by rise or fall in the value of such Currency on different classes of Society-the contrast between the present state of the facts and past experience-The probabilities of the future