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# Public Revenue
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## Definition
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The funds collected by government through taxation and other means to finance
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public expenditures and services.
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## Source Chapter
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Book IV, Chapter 5
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## Context
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Smith examines how bounties and trade restrictions burden public revenue,
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arguing that these policies impose heavy taxes on the population while
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providing questionable benefits to specific interest groups.
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## Economic Domain
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Distribution
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