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# Political Arithmetic
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# Definition
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The quantitative analysis of economic and political phenomena through
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statistical measurement and numerical calculation, used to evaluate the
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effects of policies and institutions.
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## Source Chapter
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Book IV, Chapter 5
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## Context
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Smith expresses skepticism about the precision of political arithmetic,
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while still using numerical examples to illustrate his arguments about the
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relative importance of different types of trade.
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## Economic Domain
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General Theory
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