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- •Table of Contents
- •FOREWORD TO ECONOMISTS AND TEACHERS
- •ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES
- •PART I
- •ELEMENTS OF VALUE AND PRICE
- •CHAPTER 1
- •PURPOSE AND NATURE OF ECONOMICS
- •Note
- •CHAPTER 2
- •CHOICE AND VALUE
- •Notes
- •CHAPTER 3
- •GOODS AND PSYCHIC INCOME
- •CHAPTER 4
- •PRINCIPLES OF EVALUATION
- •Note
- •CHAPTER 5
- •TRADE BY BARTER
- •CHAPTER 6
- •MONEY AND MARKETS
- •CHAPTER 7
- •PRINCIPLES OF PRICE
- •CHAPTER 8
- •COMPETITION AND MONOPOLY
- •PART II
- •USANCE AND RENT
- •CHAPTER 9
- •AGENTS FOR CHANGING STUFF AND FORM
- •CHAPTER 10
- •AGENTS FOR EFFECTING CHANGES OF PLACE AND TIME
- •CHAPTER 11
- •CONSUMPTION AND DURATION
- •CHAPTER 12
- •THE PRINCIPLE OF PROPORTIONALITY
- •CHAPTER 13
- •THE CONCEPT OF USANCE-VALUE
- •CHAPTER 14
- •THE RENTING CONTRACT
- •Note
- •CHAPTER 15
- •PRINCIPLES OF RENT
- •PART III
- •VALUABLE HUMAN SERVICES, AND WAGES
- •CHAPTER 16
- •HUMAN BEINGS AND THEIR ECONOMIC SERVICES
- •CHAPTER 17
- •CONDITIONS FOR EFFICIENT LABOR
- •CHAPTER 18
- •THE VALUE OF LABOR AND THE CHOICE OF OCCUPATIONS
- •CHAPTER 19
- •PRINCIPLES OF WAGES
- •Notes
- •PART IV
- •TIME-VALUE AND INTEREST
- •CHAPTER 20
- •TIME-PREFERENCE
- •Note
- •CHAPTER 21
- •RATE OF TIME-PREFERENCE
- •CHAPTER 22
- •MONEY AND CAPITALIZATION
- •CHAPTER 23
- •CAPITALIZATION OF MONETARY INCOMES
- •CHAPTER 24
- •SAVING AND BORROWING
- •CHAPTER 25
- •CAPITALIZATION AND INTEREST
- •PART V
- •ENTERPRISE AND PROFIT
- •CHAPTER 26
- •ENTERPRISE
- •CHAPTER 27
- •MANAGEMENT
- •CHAPTER 28
- •PROFITS AND COSTS
- •Notes
- •CHAPTER 29
- •VARIOUS SHADES OF PROFITS
- •CHAPTER 30
- •COSTS AND COMPETITIVE PRICES
- •CHAPTER 31
- •MONOPOLY-PRICES; LARGE PRODUCTION
- •PART VI
- •DYNAMIC CHANGES IN ECONOMIC SOCIETY
- •CHAPTER 32
- •THE PROBLEM OF POPULATION
- •Note
- •CHAPTER 33
- •VOLITIONAL DOCTRINE OF POPULATION
- •CHAPTER 34
- •DECREASING AND INCREASING RETURNS
- •Note
- •CHAPTER 35
- •BASIC MATERIAL RESOURCES: THEIR USE, CONSUMPTION, AND CONSERVATION
- •CHAPTER 36
- •MACHINERY AND WAGES
- •CHAPTER 37
- •WASTE AND LUXURY
- •CHAPTER 38
- •ABSTINENCE AND PRODUCTION
- •CHAPTER 39
- •VALUE THEORY AND SOCIAL WELFARE
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Online Library of Liberty: Economics, vol. 1: Economic Principles
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Economics, vol. 1: Economic Principles,* (New York: The Century Co., 1915).
Author: Frank A. Fetter
About This Title:
Volume 1 of Fetter’s 2 volume survey of economics written while he was a professor at Princeton University. Vol. 1 contains chapters on value and price, rent, wages, time-value and interest, enterprise and profit, and dynamic economic change.
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Table Of Contents
Foreword to Economists and Teachers Economic Principles
Part I: Elements of Value and Price
Chapter 1: Purpose and Nature of Economics Chapter 2: Choice and Value
Chapter 3: Goods and Psychic Income Chapter 4: Principles of Evaluation Chapter 5: Trade By Barter
Chapter 6: Money and Markets
Chapter 7: Principles of Price
Chapter 8: Competition and Monopoly Part II: Usance and Rent
Chapter 9: Agents For Changing Stuff and Form
Chapter 10: Agents For Effecting Changes of Place and Time Chapter 11: Consumption and Duration
Chapter 12: The Principle of Proportionality
Chapter 13: The Concept of Usance-value Chapter 14: The Renting Contract Chapter 15: Principles of Rent
Part III: Valuable Human Services, and Wages
Chapter 16: Human Beings and Their Economic Services Chapter 17: Conditions For Efficient Labor
Chapter 18: The Value of Labor and the Choice of Occupations Chapter 19: Principles of Wages
Part IV: Time-value and Interest Chapter 20: Time-preference Chapter 21: Rate of Time-preference
Chapter 22: Money and Capitalization
Chapter 23: Capitalization of Monetary Incomes Chapter 24: Saving and Borrowing
Chapter 25: Capitalization and Interest Part V: Enterprise and Profit
Chapter 26: Enterprise Chapter 27: Management Chapter 28: Profits and Costs
Chapter 29: Various Shades of Profits Chapter 30: Costs and Competitive Prices
Chapter 31: Monopoly-prices; Large Production
Part VI: Dynamic Changes In Economic Society Chapter 32: The Problem of Population Chapter 33: Volitional Doctrine of Population Chapter 34: Decreasing and Increasing Returns
Chapter 35: Basic Material Resources: Their Use, Consumption, and Conservation
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Chapter 36: Machinery and Wages
Chapter 37: Waste and Luxury
Chapter 38: Abstinence and Production
Chapter 39: Value Theory and Social Welfare
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