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flaws in the analysis, or find passages unclear, I would be most
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1. A theory of economic progress

Section 1: Production

2. Expansion of the market

3. The reorganization of production

4. Technological progress

5. The agents of economic progress: merchants and cities

Section 2: Commerce

6. Commerce as an economic activity

7. The development of commerce

8. The payments system

9. Financing production, commerce and predation

Section 3: Predation

10. Predation and government as economic activities

11. The impact of government on production and commerce

12. The evolution of government in preindustrial Europe

Section 4: China

13. Predation and government in preindustrial China

14. Commerce in preindustrial China

15. Production in preindustrial China

Appendix A. Culture and economic progress

Appendix B. Theories of economic progress