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An Essay on Economic Theory by Richard Cantillon

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Chapters

  1. Foreword796 words
  2. Introduction1,531 words
  3. Chapter One: Wealth137 words
  4. Chapter Two: Human Societies814 words
  5. Chapter Three: Villages332 words
  6. Chapter Four: Market Towns636 words
  7. Chapter Five: Cities683 words
  8. Chapter Six: Capital Cities306 words
  9. Chapter Seven: The Labor of the Plowman is of less Value than that of the Artisan356 words
  10. Chapter Eight: Some Artisans earn more, others less, according to the different Cases and Circumstances313 words
  11. Chapter Nine The Number of Laborers, Artisans, and Others, Who Work in a State, is Naturally Proportioned to the Demand for Them755 words
  12. Chapter Ten: The Price and Intrinsic Value of a Thing in general is the measure of the Land and Labor which enter into its Production1,206 words
  13. Chapter Eleven: The Par or Relation between the Value of Land and Labor2,895 words
  14. Chapter Twelve: All Classes and Individuals in a State subsist or are enriched at the Expense of the Proprietors of Land915 words
  15. Chapter Thirteen The Circulation and Exchange of Goods and Merchandise, as well as their Production, are Carried On in Europe by Entrepreneurs, and at a Risk1,774 words
  16. Chapter Fourteen: The Desires, Fashions, and the Ways of Life of the Prince, and especially of the Property Owners, determine the Use to which Land is put in a State and Cause the Variations in the Market Prices of all Things1,369 words
  17. Chapter Fifteen: The Increase and Decrease of the Number of People in a State chiefly Depends on the Taste, the Fashions, and the Ways of Life Property Owners3,733 words
  18. Chapter Sixteen: The more Labor there is in a State the more the State is judged naturally rich1,974 words
  19. Chapter Seventeen: Metals and Money, and especially of Gold and Silver3,027 words
  20. Chapter One: Barter599 words
  21. Chapter Two: Market Prices545 words
  22. Chapter Three: The Circulation of Money2,947 words
  23. Chapter Four: Further Reflection on the Rapidity or Slowness of the Circulation of Money in Exchange1,723 words
  24. Chapter Five: The inequality of the circulation of hard money in a State2,214 words
  25. Chapter Six: The increase and decrease in the quantity of hard money in a State2,608 words
  26. Chapter Seven: Continuation of the same subject1,009 words
  27. Chapter Eight: Further Reflection on the same subject3,441 words
  28. Chapter Nine: The Interest of Money and its Causes2,827 words
  29. Chapter Ten: The Causes of the Increase and Decrease of the Interest of Money in a State1,967 words
  30. Chapter One: Foreign Trade3,687 words
  31. Chapter Two: The Nature of Exchange Rates2,847 words
  32. Chapter Three: Further explanations of the Nature of Exchange Rates2,052 words
  33. Chapter Four: The variations in the proportion of values with regard to the Metals which serve as Money3,334 words
  34. Chapter Five: The augmentation and diminution of coin in denomination2,108 words
  35. Chapter Six: Banks and their Credit1,430 words
  36. Chapter Seven: Further explanations and enquiries as to the utility of a National Bank2,230 words
  37. Chapter Eight: Refinements of Credit of General Banks883 words
  38. Index1,069 words

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