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First published 1827

Conversations on Political Economy

by Jane Marcet

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827 (6th ed.); Online Library of Liberty edition244 pages

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Author
Jane Marcet
First published
1827
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
244
License
Public domain by publication date.

Jane Marcet's introduction to economics in the form of dialogues between a teacher and her pupil, first published in 1816 and here in the enlarged sixth edition of 1827. It explains the division of labor, capital, wages, money, and free trade in plain language, and was widely read as a primer that brought Smith and Ricardo to a general audience.

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27 chapters · 96,017 words · free to read here

  1. PREFACE.
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  3. INTRODUCTION.
  4. INTRODUCTION — continued.
  5. ON PROPERTY.
  6. ON PROPERTY—continued.
  7. ON THE DIVISION OF LABOUR.
  8. ON CAPITAL.
  9. ON CAPITAL — continued.
  10. ON WAGES AND POPULATION.
  11. ON WAGES AND POPULATION. Continued.
  12. ON THE CONDITION OF THE POOR.
  13. ON REVENUE.
  14. ON REVENUE DERIVED FROM PROPERTY IN LAND.
  15. ON REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE CULTIVATION OF LAND.
  16. ON THE REVENUE OF THOSE WHO DO NOT EMPLOY THEIR CAPITAL THEMSELVES.
  17. ON VALUE AND PRICE.
  18. ON MONEY.
  19. Subject of MONEY continued.
  20. ON COMMERCE.
  21. ON FOREIGN TRADE.
  22. Continuation of FOREIGN TRADE.
  23. Subject of FOREIGN TRADE continued.
  24. ON EXPENDITURE.
  25. About Liberty Fund
  26. The Online Library of Liberty
  27. Copyright Information

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