Defence of usury  shewing the impolicy of the present legal restaints [sic] on the terms of pecuniary bargains. To which is added, a letter to Adam Smith, Esq. L.L.D. on the discouragement of inventive industry. By Jeremy Bentham, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn.

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Defence of usury shewing the impolicy of the present legal restaints [sic] on the terms of pecuniary bargains. To which is added, a letter to Adam Smith, Esq. L.L.D. on the discouragement of inventive industry. By Jeremy Bentham, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn.