Principles of Political Economy

D. Appleton, 1893 - Economics - 670 pages

SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY	1

Taxes on particular commodities fall on the consumer	2

Examination of the doctrine that an inconvertible currency is safe	3

Practical results	17

Of Wages	23

BOOKS FOR CONSULTATION	43

Of the Requisites of Production	53

how modified by the tendency of profits to a minimum	84

4	504

7	510

Means for saving in the surplus above necessaries	510

233	510

In opulent countries the extension of machinery not detrimental	512

The possibility of improvement while laborers remain merely receivers	517

3	523

Productive Cooperation	529

Fixed and Circulating Capital what	94

General causes of superior productiveness	100

The law of the increase of production depends on those of three ele	120

Of Competition and Custom	175

Of Remedies for Low Wages	193

would require as a condition legal measures for repression of popu	201

Of Profits	216

3 Allowances in aid of wages and the standard of living	226

550	231

Of Rent	232

Requisites of production what	269

Of Money	286

551	307

3 The experience of the United States with a double standard from 1792	316

Of Credit as a Substitute for Money	325

Promissory notes	331

Credit a purchasing power similar to money	338

Of an Inconvertible Paper Currency	344

Of Excess of Supply	365

Cost of Production not a regulator of international values Extension	379

Influence of the Currency on the Exchanges and	430

Variations in the exchange which originate in the currency	437

Of Distribution as affected by Exchange	465

Influence of the Progress of Industry and Population	475

Of the Tendency of Profits to a Minimum	497

4	530

On the General Principles of Taxation	537

562	563

Effects produced on international exchange by duties on exports and on imports	574

Comparison between Direct and Indirect Taxation	583

Arguments for and against direct taxation 2 What forms of indirect taxation are most eligible ? 3 Practical rules for indirect taxation 4 Taxation syst...	587

Of a National Debt	596

Is it desirable to defray extraordinary public expenses by loans? 2 Not desirable to redeem a national debt by a general contribution 3 In what cases ...	602

Of an Interference of Government grounded on Erro	605

7	612

APPENDIX I	631

Characteristic features of industrial progress	636

Definition of productive and unproductive labor	637

Law holds true of mining	646

Twofold means of elevating the habits of the laboringpeople by	650

Opposing views to the law of rent	653

BOOK III	659

22	661

Of the Value of Money as dependent on Demand	664

337	665

447	666

601	667

1 Definitions of Value in Use Exchange Value and Price	669

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Title	Principles of Political Economy
Author	John Stuart Mill
Editor	James Laurence Laughlin
Edition	5
Publisher	D. Appleton, 1893
Original from	the University of Virginia
Digitized	26 Oct 2010
Length	670 pages

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