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Chapters

1. Introduction8,176 words
2. Preface [1848]695 words
3. [Addition to the Preface in the Second Edition, 1849]94 words
4. Preface to the Third Edition [July, 1852]448 words
5. [Addition to the Preface in the Sixth, Edition, 1865]92 words
6. [Addition to the Preface in “The People's Edition,” 1865]72 words
7. Preface to the Seventh Edition [1871]∗139 words
8. PRELIMINARY REMARKS9,087 words
9. CHAPTER I: of the requisites of production2,601 words
10. CHAPTER II: of labour as an agent of production6,084 words
11. CHAPTER III: of unproductive labour4,033 words
12. CHAPTER IV: of capital3,709 words
13. CHAPTER V: fundamental propositions respecting capital10,793 words
14. CHAPTER VI: on circulating and fixed capital3,919 words
15. CHAPTER VII: on what depends the degree of productiveness of productive agents5,196 words
16. CHAPTER VIII: of co-operation, or the combination of labour6,505 words
17. CHAPTER IX: of production on a large, and production on a small scale9,155 words
18. CHAPTER X: of the law of the increase of labour2,600 words
19. CHAPTER XI: of the law of the increase of capital5,318 words
20. CHAPTER XII: of the law of the increase of production from land5,425 words
21. CHAPTER XIII: consequences of the foregoing laws3,756 words
22. CHAPTER I.: of property7,079 words
23. CHAPTER II.: the same subject continued7,653 words
24. Chapter III.: Of the classes among whom the produce is distributed1,268 words
25. CHAPTER IV.: of competition and custom2,547 words
26. CHAPTER V.: of slavery2,238 words
27. CHAPTER VI.: of peasant proprietors10,369 words
28. CHAPTER VII.: continuation of the same subject5,714 words
29. CHAPTER VIII.: of Metayers6,097 words
30. CHAPTER IX.: of Cottiers4,210 words
31. CHAPTER X.: means of abolishing cottier tenancy4,650 words
32. CHAPTER XI.: of Wages6,802 words
33. CHAPTER XII.: of Popular Remedies for Low Wages5,041 words
34. CHAPTER XIII.: the remedies for low wages further considered4,953 words
35. CHAPTER XIV.: of the differences of wages in different employments8,016 words
36. CHAPTER XV.: of Profits7,064 words
37. CHAPTER XVI.: of Rent5,750 words
38. CHAPTER I: OF VALUE2,918 words
39. CHAPTER II: of demand and supply in their relation to value3,646 words
40. CHAPTER III: of cost of production, in its relation to value2,347 words
41. CHAPTER IV: ultimate analysis of cost of production5,195 words
42. CHAPTER V: of rent, in its relation to value3,874 words
43. CHAPTER VI: summary of the theory of value1,951 words
44. CHAPTER VII: of money2,576 words
45. CHAPTER VIII: of the value of money, as dependent on demand and supply4,258 words
46. CHAPTER IX: of the value of money, as dependent on cost of production2,886 words
47. CHAPTER X: of a double standard, and subsidiary coins1,237 words
48. CHAPTER XI: of credit, as a substitute for money4,713 words
49. CHAPTER XII: influence of credit on prices8,291 words
50. CHAPTER XIII: of an inconvertible paper currency5,809 words
51. CHAPTER XIV: of excess of supply3,021 words
52. CHAPTER XV: of a measure of value1,968 words
53. CHAPTER XVI: of some peculiar cases of value2,076 words
54. CHAPTER XVII.: on international trade3,570 words
55. CHAPTER XVIII: of international values10,058 words
56. CHAPTER XIX: of money, considered as an imported commodity1,901 words
57. CHAPTER XX: of the foreign exchanges2,973 words
58. CHAPTER XXI: of the distribution of the precious metals through the commercial world3,323 words
59. CHAPTER XXII: influence of the currency on the exchanges and on foreign trade3,373 words
60. CHAPTER XXIII: of the rate of interest5,492 words
61. CHAPTER XXIV: of the regulation of a convertible paper currency10,741 words
62. CHAPTER XXV: of the competition of different countries in the same market4,054 words
63. CHAPTER XXVI: of distribution, as affected by exchange2,868 words
64. CHAPTER I: general characteristics of a progressive state of wealth1,905 words
65. CHAPTER II: influence of the progress of industry and population on values and prices4,068 words
66. CHAPTER III: influence of the progress of industry and population, on rents, profits, and wages6,195 words
67. CHAPTER IV: of the tendency of profits to a minimum6,341 words
68. CHAPTER V: consequences of the tendency of profits to a minimum2,148 words
69. CHAPTER VI: of the stationary state2,251 words
70. CHAPTER VII: on the probable futurity of the labouring classes12,767 words
71. CHAPTER I: of the functions of government in general2,690 words
72. CHAPTER II: on the general principles of taxation8,342 words
73. CHAPTER III: of direct taxes5,796 words
74. CHAPTER IV: of taxes on commodities8,856 words
75. CHAPTER V: of some other taxes2,548 words
76. CHAPTER VI: comparison between direct and indirect taxation3,361 words
77. CHAPTER VII: of a National debt3,300 words
78. CHAPTER VIII: of the ordinary functions of government, considered as to their economical effects3,136 words
79. CHAPTER IX: the same subject continued10,364 words
80. CHAPTER X: of interferences of government grounded on erroneous theories10,425 words
81. CHAPTER XI: of the grounds and limits of the laisser-faire or non-interference principle15,734 words
82. prepared by sir william ashley in 1909153 words
83. A.—: The Mercantile System (p. 6)138 words
84. B.—: The Definition of Wealth (p. 9)315 words
85. C.—: The Types of Society (p. 20)177 words
86. D.—: Productive and Unproductive Labour (p. 53)68 words
87. E.—: The Definition of Capital (p. 62)195 words
88. F.—: Fundamental Propositions on Capital (p. 90)56 words
89. G.—: Division and Combination of Labour (p. 131)64 words
90. H.—: Large and Small Farming (p. 154)245 words
91. I.—: Population (p. 162)164 words
92. J.—: The Law of Diminishing Return (p. 188)213 words
93. K.—: Mill's Earlier and Later Writings on Socialism (p. 204)3,562 words
94. L.—: The Later History of Socialism (p. 217)607 words
95. M.—: Indian Tenures (p. 328)88 words
96. N.—: Irish Agrarian Development (p. 342)411 words
97. O.—: The Wages Fund Doctrine (p. 344)1,175 words
98. P.—: The Movement of Population (p. 360)373 words
99. Q.—: Profits (p. 421)313 words
100. R.—: Rent (p. 434)51 words
101. S.—: The Theory of Value (p. 482)269 words
102. T.—: The Value of Money (p. 506)79 words
103. U.—: Bimetallism (p. 510)87 words
104. V.—: International Values (p. 606)227 words
105. W.—: The Regulation of Currency (p. 677)93 words
106. X.—: Prices in the Nineteenth Century (p. 704)558 words
107. Y.—: Commercial Cycles (p. 709)161 words
108. Z.—: Rents in the Nineteenth Century (p. 724)187 words
109. AA.—: Wages in the Nineteenth Century (p. 724)317 words
110. BB.—: The Importation of Food (p. 738)62 words
111. CC.—: The Tendency of Profits to a Minimum (p. 739)51 words
112. DD.—: The Subsequent History of Co-Operation (p. 794)128 words
113. EE.—: The Subsequent History of Income Tax (pp. 806, 817)122 words
114. FF.—: The Taxation of Land (p. 819)148 words
115. GG.—: The Incidence of Taxation (p. 863)96 words
116. HH.—: Company and Partnership Law (p. 904)314 words
117. II.—: Protection (p. 926)764 words
118. JJ.—: Usury Laws (p. 930.)109 words
119. KK.—: The Factory Acts (p. 759)102 words
120. LL.—: The Poor Law (p. 969)55 words
121. MM.—: The Province or Government (p. 979)78 words
122. INDEX50,700 words
123. About Liberty Fund328 words
124. The Online Library of Liberty235 words
125. Copyright Information531 words