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  1. Front Matter
    1. Table of Contents
    2. About
    3. Introduction
    4. Preface (1848 ed.)
      1. Addition to the Preface (1849 ed.)
    5. Preface (1852 ed.)
      1. Addition to the Preface (1857 ed.)
      2. Addition to the Preface (1862 ed.)
      3. Addition to the Preface (1865 ed.)
      4. Addition to the Preface: “The People's Edition,” (1865)
    6. Preface (1871 ed.)
  2. Preliminary Remarks
  3. BOOK I: PRODUCTION
    1. CHAPTER I: Of the Requisites of Production
    2. CHAPTER II: Of Labour as an Agent of Production
    3. CHAPTER III: Of Unproductive Labour
    4. CHAPTER IV: Of Capital
    5. CHAPTER V: Fundamental Propositions Respecting Capital
    6. CHAPTER VI: On Circulating and Fixed Capital
    7. CHAPTER VII: On What Depends the Degree of Productiveness of Productive Agents
    8. CHAPTER VIII: Of Co-Operation, or the Combination of Labour
    9. CHAPTER IX: Of Production on a Large, and Production on a Small Scale
    10. CHAPTER X: Of the Law of the Increase of Labour
    11. CHAPTER XI: Of the Law of the Increase of Capital
    12. CHAPTER XII: Of the Law of the Increase of Production From Land
    13. CHAPTER XIII: Consequences of the Foregoing Laws
  4. BOOK II: DISTRIBUTION
    1. CHAPTER I.: Of Property
    2. CHAPTER II.: The Same Subject Continued
    3. Chapter III.: Of the Classes Among Whom the Produce Is Distributed
    4. CHAPTER IV.: Of Competition and Custom
    5. CHAPTER V.: Of Slavery
    6. CHAPTER VI.: Of Peasant Proprietors
    7. CHAPTER VII.: Continuation of the Same Subject
    8. CHAPTER VIII.: Of Metayers
    9. CHAPTER IX.: Of Cottiers
    10. CHAPTER X.: Means of Abolishing Cottier Tenancy
    11. CHAPTER XI.: Of Wages
    12. CHAPTER XII.: Of Popular Remedies for Low Wages
    13. CHAPTER XIII.: The Remedies for Low Wages Further Considered
    14. CHAPTER XIV.: Of the Differences of Wages in Different Employments
    15. CHAPTER XV.: Of Profits
    16. CHAPTER XVI.: Of Rent
  5. BOOK III: EXCHANGE
    1. Chapter I: Of Value
    2. CHAPTER II: Of Demand and Supply in Their Relation to Value
    3. CHAPTER III: Of Cost of Production, in Its Relation to Value
    4. CHAPTER IV: Ultimate Analysis of Cost of Production
    5. CHAPTER V: Of Rent, in Its Relation to Value
    6. CHAPTER VI: Summary of the Theory of Value
    7. CHAPTER VII: Of Money
    8. CHAPTER VIII: Of the Value of Money, as Dependent on Demand and Supply
    9. CHAPTER IX: Of the Value of Money, as Dependent on Cost of Production
    10. CHAPTER X: Of a Double Standard, and Subsidiary Coins
    11. CHAPTER XI: Of Credit, as a Substitute for Money
    12. CHAPTER XII: Influence of Credit on Prices
    13. CHAPTER XIII: Of an Inconvertible Paper Currency
    14. CHAPTER XIV: Of Excess of Supply
    15. CHAPTER XV: Of a Measure of Value
    16. CHAPTER XVI: Of Some Peculiar Cases of Value
    17. CHAPTER XVII.: On International Trade
    18. CHAPTER XVIII: Of International Values
    19. CHAPTER XIX: Of Money, Considered as an Imported Commodity
    20. CHAPTER XX: Of the Foreign Exchanges
    21. CHAPTER XXI: Of the Distribution of the Precious Metals Through the Commercial World
    22. CHAPTER XXII: Influence of the Currency on the Exchanges and on Foreign Trade
    23. CHAPTER XXIII: Of the Rate of Interest
    24. CHAPTER XXIV: Of the Regulation of a Convertible Paper Currency
    25. CHAPTER XXV: Of the Competition of Different Countries in the Same Market
    26. CHAPTER XXVI: Of Distribution, as Affected by Exchange
  6. BOOK IV: INFLUENCE OF THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY ON PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
    1. CHAPTER I: General Characteristics of a Progressive State of Wealth
    2. CHAPTER II: Influence of the Progress of Industry and Population on Values and Prices
    3. CHAPTER III: Influence of the Progress of Industry and Population, on Rents, Profits, and Wages
    4. CHAPTER IV: Of the Tendency of Profits to a Minimum
    5. CHAPTER V: Consequences of the Tendency of Profits to a Minimum
    6. CHAPTER VI: Of the Stationary State
    7. CHAPTER VII: On the Probable Futurity of the Labouring Classes
  7. BOOK V: ON THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT
    1. CHAPTER I: Of the Functions of Government in General
    2. CHAPTER II: On the General Principles of Taxation
    3. CHAPTER III: Of Direct Taxes
    4. CHAPTER IV: Of Taxes on Commodities
    5. CHAPTER V: Of Some Other Taxes
    6. CHAPTER VI: Comparison Between Direct and Indirect Taxation
    7. CHAPTER VII: Of a National Debt
    8. CHAPTER VIII: Of the Ordinary Functions of Government, Considered as to Their Economical Effects
    9. CHAPTER IX: The Same Subject Continued
    10. CHAPTER X: Of Interferences of Government Grounded on Erroneous Theories
    11. CHAPTER XI: Of the Grounds and Limits of the Laisser-Faire or Non-Interference Principle
  8. Bibliographical Appendix
    1. A.—: The Mercantile System (p. 6)
    2. B.—: The Definition of Wealth (p. 9)
    3. C.—: The Types of Society (p. 20)
    4. D.—: Productive and Unproductive Labour (p. 53)
    5. E.—: The Definition of Capital (p. 62)
    6. F.—: Fundamental Propositions on Capital (p. 90)
    7. G.—: Division and Combination of Labour (p. 131)
    8. H.—: Large and Small Farming (p. 154)
    9. I.—: Population (p. 162)
    10. J.—: The Law of Diminishing Return (p. 188)
    11. K.—: Mill's Earlier and Later Writings on Socialism (p. 204)
    12. L.—: The Later History of Socialism (p. 217)
    13. M.—: Indian Tenures (p. 328)
    14. N.—: Irish Agrarian Development (p. 342)
    15. O.—: The Wages Fund Doctrine (p. 344)
    16. P.—: The Movement of Population (p. 360)
    17. Q.—: Profits (p. 421)
    18. R.—: Rent (p. 434)
    19. S.—: The Theory of Value (p. 482)
    20. T.—: The Value of Money (p. 506)
    21. U.—: Bimetallism (p. 510)
    22. V.—: International Values (p. 606)
    23. W.—: The Regulation of Currency (p. 677)
    24. X.—: Prices in the Nineteenth Century (p. 704)
    25. Y.—: Commercial Cycles (p. 709)
    26. Z.—: Rents in the Nineteenth Century (p. 724)
    27. AA.—: Wages in the Nineteenth Century (p. 724)
    28. BB.—: The Importation of Food (p. 738)
    29. CC.—: The Tendency of Profits to a Minimum (p. 739)
    30. DD.—: The Subsequent History of Co-Operation (p. 794)
    31. EE.—: The Subsequent History of Income Tax (pp. 806, 817)
    32. FF.—: The Taxation of Land (p. 819)
    33. GG.—: The Incidence of Taxation (p. 863)
    34. HH.—: Company and Partnership Law (p. 904)
    35. II.—: Protection (p. 926)
    36. JJ.—: Usury Laws (p. 930.)
    37. KK.—: The Factory Acts (p. 759)
    38. LL.—: The Poor Law (p. 969)
    39. MM.—: The Province or Government (p. 979)
  9. Index

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