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1. CONTENTS.1,517 words
2. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.1,326 words
3. MEMOIR OF ROBERT MALTHUS.13,076 words
4. INTRODUCTION.6,074 words
5. Section I.—: On the Definitions of Wealth.4,341 words
6. Section II.—: On Productive Labour.5,142 words
7. Section I.—: On the different sorts of Value.3,685 words
8. Section II.—: Of Demand and Supply as they affect Exchangeable Value.2,739 words
9. Section III.—: Of the Cost of Production as affected by the Demand and Supply, and on the mode of representing Demand.4,506 words
10. Section IV.—: Of the Labour which has been employed on a Commodity considered as a Measure of its Exchangeable Value.3,197 words
11. Section V.—: Of the Labour which a Commodity will command, considered as a Measure of Value in Exchange.6,262 words
12. Section VI.—: On the Practical Application of the Measure of Value, and its general Use and Advantages.3,774 words
13. Section VII.—: On the Variations in the Value of Money in the same, and different Countries.4,221 words
14. Section I.—: Of the Nature and Causes of Rent.3,803 words
15. Section II.—: On the necessary Separation of the Rent of Land from the Profits of the Cultivator and the Wages of the Labourer.2,551 words
16. Section III.—: Of the Causes which tend to raise Rents in the ordinary Progress of civilized and improved Societies.4,563 words
17. Section IV.—: Of the Causes which tend to lower Rents.1,142 words
18. Section V.—: On the Dependance of the actual Quantity of Produce obtained from the Land, upon the existing Prices of Produce, and existing Rents, under the same Agricultural Skill and the same Value of Money.2,468 words
19. Section VI.—: Of the Connexion between great comparative Wealth, and a high comparative Price of raw Produce.1,733 words
20. Section VII.—: On the causes which may mislead the Landlord in letting his Lands, to the Injury both of himself and the Country.1,261 words
21. Section VIII.—: On the strict and necessary Connection of the Interests of the Landlord and of the State.3,914 words
22. Section IX.—: General Remarks on the Surplus Produce of the Land.3,203 words
23. Section I.—: On the Definition of the Wages of Labour, and their Dependance upon Supply and Demand.1,920 words
24. Section II.—: Of the Causes which principally affect the Habits of the Labouring Classes.2,639 words
25. Section III.—: Of the Causes which principally influence the Demand for Labour, and the Increase of the Population.2,702 words
26. Section IV.—: A Review of the Corn Wages of Labour from the Reign of Edward III.3,887 words
27. Section V.—: On the Conclusions to be drawn from the preceding Review of the Prices of Corn and Labour during the five last Centuries.3,112 words
28. Section I.—: Of the Nature of Profits, and the Mode in which they are estimated.2,950 words
29. Section II.—: Of the limiting Principle of Profits.1,624 words
30. Section III.—: Of the regulating Principle of Profits.2,091 words
31. Section IV.—: Of Profits as affected by the Causes practically in operation.2,944 words
32. Section V.—: Remarks on Mr. Ricardo’s Theory of Profits.2,275 words
33. CHAPTER VI.: OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WEALTH AND VALUE.3,183 words
34. Section I.—: Statement of the particular Object of Inquiry.472 words
35. Section II.—: Of the Increase of Population considered as a Stimulus to the continued Increase of Wealth.1,007 words
36. Section III.—: Of Accumulation, or the Saving from Revenue to add to Capital, considered as a Stimulus to the Increase of Wealth.4,714 words
37. Section IV.—: Of the Fertility of the Soil, considered as a Stimulus to the continued Increase of Wealth.6,614 words
38. Section V.—: Of Inventions to save Labour, considered as a Stimulus to the continued Increase of Wealth.3,081 words
39. Section VI.—: Of the Necessity of a Union of the Powers of Production with the Means of Distribution, in order to ensure a continued Increase of Wealth.3,382 words
40. Section VII.—: Of the Distribution occasioned by the Division of landed Property considered as the Means of increasing the exchangeable Value of the whole Produce.3,354 words
41. Section VIII.—: Of the Distribution occasioned by Commerce, internal and external, considered as the Means of increasing the exchangeable Value of Produce.4,983 words
42. Section IX.—: Of the Distribution occasioned by personal services and unproductive Consumers, considered as the Means of increasing the exchangeable Value of the whole Produce.4,900 words
43. Section X.—: Application of some of the preceding Principles to the Distresses of the Labouring Classes since 1815, with General Observations.24,056 words
44. About Liberty Fund328 words
45. The Online Library of Liberty235 words
46. Copyright Information531 words