[2] It begins with an introduction containing a portrait of his time as a "Projecting Age",[3] and subsequently illustrates plans for the economic and social improvement of England,[4] including an early proposal for a national insurance scheme.
The title page states that it was "[p]rinted by R. R. for Tho[mas] Cockerill, at the Three Legs in the Poultrey.
Many of its issues were later revised in a series of pamphlets which were published under the nom-de-plume of Andrew Moreton.
[2] Compared to these works, however, An Essay Upon Projects is more focused on moral criticism than being project-oriented.
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