Note 860 — Chapter XIII · THE FORM-WORLD OF ECONOMIC LIFE (A) MONEY
Charles Francis Atkinson translation
P. 344. As a means for governments it is called finance-economy (financial policy). Here the whole nation is the object of a levy of tribute, in the forms of taxes and customs, of which the purpose is not to make, so to say, the upkeep of its life more comfortable, but to secure its historical position and to enhance its power.