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(1806-1873)
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Editor/Trans.
William J. Ashley, ed.
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First Pub. Date
1848
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Publisher/Edition
London; Longmans, Green and Co.
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Pub. Date
1909
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Comments
7th edition.
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
| Cover Table of Contents |
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| Introduction, by W. J. Ashley | |
| Preface | |
| Preliminary Remarks | |
| Book I Production | |
| I.I Of the Requisites of Production | |
| I.II Of Labour as an Agent of Production | |
| I.III Of Unproductive Labour | |
| I.IV Of Capital | |
| I.V Fundamental Propositions respecting Capital | |
| I.VI Of Circulating and Fixed Capital | |
| I.VII On what depends the degree of Productiveness of Productive Agents | |
| I.VIII Of Co-operation, or the Combination of Labor | |
| I.IX Of Production on a Large, and Production on a Small Scale | |
| I.X Of the Law of the Increase of Labor | |
| I.XI Of the Law of the Increase of Capital | |
| I.XII Of the Law of the Increase of Production from Land | |
| I.XIII Consequences of the Foregoing Laws | |
| Book II Distribution | |
| II.I Of Property | |
| II.II The same subject continued | |
| II.III Of the Classes among whom the Produce is distributed | |
| II.IV Of Competition and Custom | |
| II.V Of Slavery | |
| II.VI Of Peasant Proprietors | |
| II.VII Continuation of the same subject | |
| II.VIII Of Metayers | |
| II.IX Of Cottiers | |
| II.X Means of abolishing Cottier Tenancy | |
| II.XI Of Wages | |
| II.XII Of Popular Remedies for Low Wages | |
| II.XIII The Remedies for Low Wages further considered | |
| II.XIV Of the Differences of Wages in different Employments | |
| II.XV Of Profits | |
| II.XVI Of Rent | |
| Book III Exchange | |
| III.I Of Value | |
| III.II Of Demand and Supply, in their relation to Value | |
| III.III Of Cost of Production, in its relation to Value | |
| III.IV Ultimate Analysis of Cost of Production | |
| III.V Of Rent, in its relation to Value | |
| III.VI Summary of the Theory of Value | |
| III.VII Of Money | |
| III.VIII Of the Value of Money, as dependent on Demand and Supply | |
| III.IX Of the Value of Money, as dependent on Cost of Production | |
| III.X Of a Double Standard, and Subsidiary Coins | |
| III.XI Of Credit, as a Substitute for Money | |
| III.XII Influence of Credit on Prices | |
| III.XIII Of an Inconvertible Paper Currency | |
| III.XIV Of Excess of Supply | |
| III.XV Of a Measure of Value | |
| III.XVI Of some Peculiar Cases of Value | |
| III.XVII Of International Trade | |
| III.XVIII Of International Values | |
| III.XIX Of Money, considered as an Imported Commodity | |
| III.XX Of the Foreign Exchanges | |
| III.XXI Of the Distribution of the Precious Metals through the Commercial World | |
| III.XXII Influence of the Currency on the Exchanges and on Foreign Trade | |
| III.XXIII Of the Rate of Interest | |
| III.XXIV Of the Regulation of a Convertible Paper Currency | |
| III.XXV Of the Competition of Different Countries in the same Market | |
| III.XXVI Of Distribution, as affected by Exchange | |
| Book IV Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution | |
| IV.I General Characteristics of a Progressive State of Wealth | |
| IV.II Influence of the Progress of Industry and Population on Values and Prices | |
| IV.III Influence of the Progress of Industry and Population on Rents, Profits, and Wages | |
| IV.IV Of the Tendency of Profits to a Minimum | |
| IV.V Consequences of the Tendency of Profits to a Minimum | |
| IV.VI Of the Stationary State | |
| IV.VII On the Probable Futurity of the Labouring Classes | |
| Book V On the Influence of Government | |
| V.I Of the Functions of Government in General | |
| V.II On the General Principles of Taxation | |
| V.III Of Direct Taxes | |
| V.IV Of Taxes on Commodities | |
| V.V Of some other Taxes | |
| V.VI Comparison between Direct and Indirect Taxation | |
| V.VII Of a National Debt | |
| V.VIII Of the Ordinary Functions of Government, considered as to their Economical Effects | |
| V.IX The same subject continued | |
| V.X Of Interferences of Government grounded on Erroneous Theories | |
| V.XI Of the Grounds and Limits of the Laisser-faire or Non-Interference Principle | |
| Bibliographical Appendix | |
| Footnotes (Book I) | |
| Footnotes (Book II) | |
| Footnotes (Books III-V) | |
| About the Book and Author | |
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