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First published 1827

Popular Political Economy: Four Lectures delivered at the London Mechanics Institution

by Thomas Hodgskin

London: Charles and William Tait, 1827; Online Library of Liberty edition143 pages

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Author
Thomas Hodgskin
First published
1827
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
143
Publisher
London: Charles and William Tait, 1827; Online Library of Liberty edition
License
Public domain by publication date.

Thomas Hodgskin's four lectures of 1827 to working men at the London Mechanics' Institution. A former naval officer turned radical journalist, he defends free trade and private property while pressing the claim of labor against what he calls the unproductive claims of capitalists and landlords. A notable early example of popular economics aimed at workers.

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17 chapters · 81,790 words · free to read here

  1. TO GEORGE BIRKBECK, ESQ. M.D., F.C.S., M.A.S.
  2. PREFACE.
  3. INTRODUCTION. OBJECT AND SCOPE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.
  4. CHAPTER I: MENTAL AND BODILY LABOUR.—PRODUCTIVE LABOUR.
  5. CHAPTER II: INFLUENCE OF OBSERVATION AND KNOWLEDGE.
  6. CHAPTER III: NATURAL LAWS WHICH REGULATE THE PROGRESS OF SOCIETY IN KNOWLEDGE.
  7. CHAPTER IV: INFLUENCE OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR.
  8. CHAPTER V: CAUSES WHICH GIVE RISE TO, AND LIMIT, DIVISION OF LABOUR.
  9. CHAPTER VI: TERRITORIAL DIVISION OF LABOUR. LIMIT TO DIVISION OF LABOUR FROM THE NATURE OF EMPLOYMENTS.
  10. CHAPTER VII: TRADE.
  11. CHAPTER VIII: MONEY.
  12. CHAPTER IX: PRICES.
  13. CHAPTER X: EFFECTS OF THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL.
  14. CONCLUSION.
  15. About Liberty Fund
  16. The Online Library of Liberty
  17. Copyright Information

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