Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Introduction xv
5. Book One. THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
6. 1. The role of labour 3
7. 2. Some problems of terminology 7
8. 3. The Wealth of Nations: the theory of production 13
9. 4. Adam Smith on value 19
10. 5. On distribution 34
11. 6. The neglected and exciting Chapter XI: on the rent of land 47
12. 7. Money 58
13. 8. Productive and unproductive labour 62
14. 9. Saving and investment 69
15. 10. Town and country 75
16. 11. International trade 79
17. 12. Laissez faire 91
18. 13. The education of youth 96
19. 14. The canons of taxation 101
20. Book Two. THE CLASSICAL ERA: MALTHUS AND RICARDO TO MILL AND MARX
21. Introductory statement 129
22. 1. Malthus and population 130
23. 2. Malthus: the economist 144
24. 3. The paper pound: Thornton, Ricardo, and Malthus 154
25. 4. The Ricardian theory of value and distribution 176
26. 5. John Stuart Mill, general characteristics 206
27. 6. MST's Principles 228
28. 7. Karl Marx 272
29. Book Three. AFTER MILL
30. Introductory statement 319
31. 1. William Stanley Jevons 322
32. 2. Alfred Marshall 358
33. 3. John Maynard Keynes 405
34. Notes 492
35. Bibliography 503
36. Author index 513
37. Subject index 517