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# Public Revenue

## Definition

The funds collected by government through taxation and other means to finance
public expenditures and services.

## Source Chapter

Book IV, Chapter 5

## Context

Smith examines how bounties and trade restrictions burden public revenue,
arguing that these policies impose heavy taxes on the population while
providing questionable benefits to specific interest groups.

## Economic Domain

Distribution

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