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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
WEALTH AND ITS TRANSMUTATIONS: THE AIMS, THE LIMITATIONS,
AND THE ADVANTAGES OF THE STUDY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY:
THE LAISSEZ-FAIRE OR LET-ALONE PRINCIPLE
CHAPTER II.
HOW WEALTH IS CREATED, AND WHAT CONSTITUTES EXCHANGEABLE
VALUE: THE MEASURE OF VALUE: HOW WEALTH IS
AMONG ITS PRODUCERS
CHAPTER III.
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THE DIVISION OF LABOR: ITS BENEFICIAL AND INJURIOUS CONSE-
QUENCES: EFFECTS OF THE INTRODUCTION OF MACHINERY
CHAPTER IV.
THE NATURE OF CAPITAL AND THE MEANS OF ITS INCREASE: CIR-
CUMSTANCES WHICH FAVOR THE GROWTH OF CAPITAL: THE SECU-
RITY OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER V.
THE INCREASE OF CAPITAL AS AFFECTED BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT
oF MANUFACTURES, AND BY THE CONCENTRATION OF THE PEOPLE IN
CITIES AND TOWNS
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CHAPTER VI.
THE INCREASE OF CAPITAL AS AFFECTED BY THE ADVANTAGES HELD
OUT TO THE POSSESSORS OF WEALTH: INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF CASTE,
OR THE FIXITY OF RANKS AND CLASSES
CHAPTER VII.
STRIFE BETWEEN LABORERS AND CAPITALISTS: STRIKES AND TRADE-
UNIONS: MEANS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE LABORING
CLASSES
CHAPTER VIII.
THE MALTHUSIAN THEORY OF POPULATION CONSIDERED AND REFUTED:
THE TRUE LAW OF THE INCREASE OF POPULATION
CHAPTER IX.
THE THEORY OF RENT
CHAPTER X.
CAUSES WHICH AFFECT THE RATE OF WAGES: WHY WAGES ARE NOT
EQUAL IN DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS
CHAPTER XI.
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CAUSES WHICH AFFECT THE RATE OF PROFITS: LIMITED EXTENT OF
THE FIELD FOR THE USE OF CAPITAL: THEORY OF GLUTS
CHAPTER XII.
THE THEORY AND USES OF MONEY, AS ILLUSTRATED BY INCIDENTS
IN THE WAR OF THE GREAT REBELLION
CHAPTER XIII.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE THE PRECIOUS METALS THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD: SUBSTITUTES FOR MONEY AND MEANS OF ECONOMIZING
ITS USE: BILLS OF EXCHANGE: DECLINE IN THE VALUE OF
MONEY.
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CHAPTER XIV.
THE FUNCTIONS OF BANKS AND THE NATURE OF BANK-NOTES: THE
OPERATIONS OF CREDIT.
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CHAPTER XV.
PAPER MONEY AND ITS USE AS CURRENCY DURING A REVOLUTION Or
CIVIL WAR: HISTORY OF THE EMISSION OF SUCH MONEY IN THE
WAR OF THE REBELLION
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EFFECTS OF SPECULATION UPON PRICES: THE PHENOMENA OF A COM-
MERCIAL CRISIS
CHAPTER XX.
THE DOCTRINE OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES: THE LIMITS OF FREE
TRADE AND THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM
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