Principles of Economics
8th Edition
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Publisher Description
This classic is organized as follows:
Book I. Preliminary Survey
Chapter I. Introduction
Chapter II. The Substance of Economics
Chapter III. Economic Generalizations or Laws
Chapter IV. The Order and Aims of Economic Studies
Book II. Some Fundamental Notions
Chapter I. Introductory
Chapter II. Wealth
Chapter III. Production. Consumption. Labour. Necessaries
Chapter IV. Income. Capital
Book III. On Wants and Their Satisfaction
Chapter I. Introductory
Chapter II. Wants in Relation to Activities
Chapter III. Gradations of Consumers’ Demand
Chapter IV. The Elasticity of Wants
Chapter V. Choice Between Different Uses of the Same Thing. Immediate and Deferred Uses
Chapter VI. Value and Utility
Book IV. The Agents of Production. Land, Labour, Capital and Organization
Chapter I. Introductory
Chapter II. The Fertility of Land
Chapter III. The Fertility of Land, Continued. The Tendency to Diminishing Return
Chapter IV. The Growth of Population
Chapter V. The Health and Strength of the Population
Chapter VI. Industrial Training
Chapter VII. The Growth of Wealth
Chapter VIII. Industrial Organization
Chapter IX. Industrial Organization, Continued. Division of Labour. The Influence of Machinery
Chapter X. Industrial Organization, Continued. The Concentration of Specialized Industries in Particular Localities
Chapter XI. Industrial Organization, Continued. Production on a Large Scale
Chapter XII. Industrial Organization, Continued. Business Management
Chapter XIII. Conclusion. Correlation of the Tendencies to Increasing and to Diminishing Return
Book V. General Relations of Demand, Supply and Value
Chapter I. Introductory. On Markets
Chapter II. Temporary Equilibrium of Demand and Supply
Chapter III. Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply
Chapter IV. The Investment and Distribution of Resources
Chapter V. Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply, Continued, With Reference to Long and Short Periods
Chapter VI. Joint and Composite Demand. Joint and Composite Supply
Chapter VII. Prime and Total Cost in Relation to Joint Products. Cost of Marketing. Insurance Against Risk. Cost of Reproduction
Chapter VIII. Marginal Costs in Relation to Values. General Principles
Chapter IX. Marginal Costs in Relation to Values. General Principles, Continued
Chapter X. Marginal Costs in Relation to Agricultural Values
Chapter XI. Marginal Costs in Relation to Urban Values
Chapter XII. Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply, Continued, With Reference to the Law of Increasing Return
Chapter XIII. Theory of Changes of Normal Demand and Supply in Relation to the Doctrine of Maximum Satisfaction
Chapter XIV. The Theory of Monopolies
Chapter XV. Summary of the General Theory of Equilibrium of Demand and Supply
Book VI. The Distribution of the National Income
Chapter I. Preliminary Survey of Distribution
Chapter II. Preliminary Survey of Distribution, Continued
Chapter III. Earnings of Labour
Chapter IV. Earnings of Labour, Continued
Chapter V. Earnings of Labour, Continued
Chapter VI. Interest of Capital
Chapter VII. Profits of Capital and Business Power
Chapter VIII. Profits of Capital and Business Power, Continued
Chapter IX. Rent of Land
Chapter X. Land Tenure
Chapter XI. General View of Distribution
Chapter XII. General Influences of Economic Progress
Chapter XIII. Progress in Relation to Standards of Life
Appendices
Appendix A. The Growth of Free Industry and Enterprise
Appendix B. The Growth of Economic Science
Appendix C. The Scope and Method of Economics
Appendix D. Uses of Abstract Reasoning in Economics
Appendix E. Definitions of Capital
Appendix F. Barter
Appendix G. The Incidence of Local Rates, With Some Suggestions as to Policy
Appendix H. Limitations of the Use of Statical Assumptions in Regard to Increasing Return
Appendix I. Ricardo’s Theory of Value
Appendix J. The Doctrine of the Wages-Fund
Appendix K. Certain Kinds of Surplus
Appendix L. Ricardo’s Doctrine as to Taxes and Improvements in Agriculture
