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Principles of Political Economy

by John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)

72 chapters, about 200,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. CONTENTS 2,900 words
2. PREFACE. 700 words
3. INTRODUCTORY. 8,700 words
4. IMPORTANT GENERAL WORKS. 100 words
5. TREATISES ON SPECIAL SUBJECTS. 200 words
6. REPORTS AND STATISTICS. 1,600 words
7. Chapter I. Of The Requisites Of Production. 1,900 words
8. Chapter II. Of Unproductive Labor. 1,100 words
9. Chapter III. Of Capital. 2,600 words
10. Chapter IV. Fundamental Propositions Respecting Capital. 6,400 words
11. Chapter V. On Circulating And Fixed Capital. 1,500 words
12. Chapter VI. Of Causes Affecting The Efficiency Of Production. 3,700 words
13. Chapter VII. Of The Law Of The Increase Of Labor. 2,000 words
14. Chapter VIII. Of The Law Of The Increase Of Capital. 2,800 words
15. Chapter IX. Of The Law Of The Increase Of Production From Land. 3,700 words
16. Chapter X. Consequences Of The Foregoing Laws. 2,000 words
17. Chapter I. Of Property. 5,000 words
18. Chapter II. Of Wages. 5,000 words
19. Chapter III. Of Remedies For Low Wages. 3,200 words
20. Chapter IV. Of The Differences Of Wages In Different Employments. 2,500 words
21. Chapter V. Of Profits. 4,800 words
22. Chapter VI. Of Rent. 3,500 words
23. Chapter I. Of Value. 4,600 words
24. Chapter II. Ultimate Analysis Of Cost Of Production. 4,400 words
25. Chapter III. Of Rent, In Its Relation To Value. 2,600 words
26. Chapter IV. Of Money. 2,100 words
27. Chapter V. Of The Value Of Money, As Dependent On Demand And Supply. 700 words
28. V = 1 / (Q × R). 1,100 words
29. Chapter VI. Of The Value Of Money, As Dependent On Cost Of Production. 2,900 words
30. Chapter VII. Of A Double Standard And Subsidiary Coins. 4,400 words
31. Chapter VIII. Of Credit, As A Substitute For Money. 3,100 words
32. Chapter IX. Influence Of Credit On Prices. 2,100 words
33. Chapter X. Of An Inconvertible Paper Currency. 6,600 words
34. Chapter XI. Of Excess Of Supply. 2,000 words
35. Chapter XII. Of Some Peculiar Cases Of Value. 1,500 words
36. Chapter XIII. Of International Trade. 4,400 words
37. Chapter XIV. Of International Values. 4,200 words
38. Chapter XV. Of Money Considered As An Imported Commodity. 1,400 words
39. Chapter XVI. Of The Foreign Exchanges. 8,900 words
40. Chapter XIX. Of The Rate Of Interest. 2,900 words
41. Chapter XX. Of The Competition Of Different Countries In The Same Market. 4,700 words
42. Chapter XXI. Of Distribution, As Affected By Exchange. 7,700 words
43. Chapter III. Of The Tendency Of Profits To A Minimum. 6,100 words
44. Chapter V. On The Possible Futurity Of The Laboring-Classes. 4,000 words
45. Chapter I. On The General Principles Of Taxation. 3,000 words
46. Chapter II. Of Direct Taxes. 3,400 words
47. Chapter III. Of Taxes On Commodities, Or Indirect Taxes. 6,200 words
48. Chapter IV. Comparison Between Direct And Indirect Taxation. 2,800 words
49. III. The following is the system adopted by Germany (Prussia): 800 words
50. Chapter V. Of A National Debt. 2,100 words
51. Chapter VI. Of An Interference Of Government Grounded On Erroneous Theories. 7,400 words
52. APPENDIX I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 2,000 words
53. DEFINITIONS. 100 words
54. LABOR. 100 words
55. CAPITAL. 1,300 words
56. WAGES. 400 words
57. PROFITS. 500 words
58. RENT. 700 words
59. VALUE. 600 words
60. MONEY. 500 words
61. CREDIT. 600 words
62. OVER-PRODUCTION. 200 words
63. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND VALUES. 600 words
64. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. 600 words
65. INTEREST. 200 words
66. FOREIGN COMPETITION. 200 words
67. PROGRESS OF SOCIETY. 600 words
68. FUTURE OF LABORING-CLASSES. 200 words
69. TAXATION. 400 words
70. PROTECTION. 700 words
71. CHARTS. 100 words
72. FOOTNOTES 15,000 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Capital (economics)
• Capitalism
• Competition (economics)
• Efficiency
• Exchange value
• Homicide
• Income tax
• John Jay
• Money
• Political economy
• Price
• Profit (economics)
• Reciprocity (cultural anthropology)
• Right to property
• Salary
• Scarcity
• Sugar
• Supply and demand
• Surplus value
• Tariff
• Tax
• Trade union
• Uncertainty
• Value (economics)
• Wage labour
• Wealth

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