19th Century · English
Principles of Economics
Principles of Economics, by Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Book I: Preliminary Survey, Book I, Chapter I: Introduction.prose
- 02Book I, Chapter II: The Substance of Economics.prose
- 03Book I, Chapter III: Economic Generalizations or Laws.prose
- 04Book I, Chapter IV: The Order and Aims of Economic Studies.prose
- 05Book II: Some Fundamental Notions, Book II, Chapter I: Introductory.prose
- 06Book II, Chapter II: Wealth.prose
- 07Book II, Chapter III: Production. Consumption. Labour. Necessaries.prose
- 08Book II, Chapter IV: Income. Capital.prose
- 09Book III: On Wants and Their Satisfaction, Book III, Chapter I: Introductory.prose
- 10Book III, Chapter II: Wants in Relation to Activities.prose
- 11Book III, Chapter III: Gradations of Consumers' Demand.prose
- 12Book III, Chapter IV: The Elasticity of Wants.prose
- 13Book III, Chapter V: Choice Between Different Uses of the Same Thing. Immediate and Deferred Uses.prose
- 14Book III, Chapter VI: Value and Utility.prose
- 15Book IV: The Agents of Production. Land, Labour, Capital and Organization, Book IV, Chapter I: Introductory.prose
- 16Book IV, Chapter II: The Fertility of Land.prose
- 17Book IV, Chapter III: The Fertility of Land, Continued. The Tendency to Diminishing Return.prose
- 18Book IV, Chapter IV: The Growth of Population.prose
- 19Book IV, Chapter V: The Health and Strength of the Population.prose
- 20Book IV, Chapter VI: Industrial Training.prose
- 21Book IV, Chapter VII: The Growth of Wealth.prose
- 22Book IV, Chapter VIII: Industrial Organization.prose
- 23Book IV, Chapter IX: Industrial Organization, Continued. Division of Labour. The Influence of Machinery.prose
- 24Book IV, Chapter X: Industrial Organization, Continued. The Concentration of Specialized Industries in Particular Localiprose
- 25Book IV, Chapter XI: Industrial Organization, Continued. Production on a Large Scale.prose
- 26Book IV, Chapter XII: Industrial Organization, Continued. Business Management.prose
- 27Book IV, Chapter XIII: Conclusion. Correlation of the Tendencies to Increasing and to Diminishing Return.prose
- 28Book V: General Relations of Demand, Supply and Value, Book V, Chapter I: Introductory. On Markets.prose
- 29Book V, Chapter II: Temporary Equilibrium of Demand and Supply.prose
- 30Book V, Chapter III: Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply.prose
- 31Book V, Chapter IV: The Investment and Distribution of Resources.prose
- 32Book V, Chapter V: Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply, Continued, with Reference to Long and Short Periods.prose
- 33Book V, Chapter VI: Joint and Composite Demand. Joint and Composite Supply.prose
- 34Book V, Chapter VII: Prime and Total Cost in Relation to Joint Products. Cost of Marketing. Insurance Against Risk. Costprose
- 35Book V, Chapter VIII: Marginal Costs in Relation to Values. General Principles.prose
- 36Book V, Chapter IX: Marginal Costs in Relation to Values. General Principles, Continued.prose
- 37Book V, Chapter X: Marginal Costs in Relation to Agricultural Values.prose
- 38Book V, Chapter XI: Marginal Costs in Relation to Urban Values.prose
- 39Book V, Chapter XII: Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply, Continued, with Reference to the Law of Increasing Return.prose
- 40Book V, Chapter XIII: Theory of Changes of Normal Demand and Supply in Relation to the Doctrine of Maximum Satisfaction.prose
- 41Book V, Chapter XIV: The Theory of Monopolies.prose
- 42Book V, Chapter XV: Summary of the General Theory of Equilibrium of Demand and Supply.prose
- 43Book VI: The Distribution of the National Income, Book VI, Chapter I: Preliminary Survey of Distribution.prose
- 44Book VI, Chapter II: Preliminary Survey of Distribution, Continued.prose
- 45Book VI, Chapter III: Earnings of Labour.prose
- 46Book VI, Chapter IV: Earnings of Labour, Continued.prose
- 47Book VI, Chapter V: Earnings of Labour, Continued.prose
- 48Book VI, Chapter VI: Interest of Capital.prose
- 49Book VI, Chapter VII: Profits of Capital and Business Power.prose
- 50Book VI, Chapter VIII: Profits of Capital and Business Power, Continued.prose
- 51Book VI, Chapter IX: Rent of Land.prose
- 52Book VI, Chapter X: Land Tenure.prose
- 53Book VI, Chapter XI: General View of Distribution.prose
- 54Book VI, Chapter XII: General Influences of Economic Progress.prose
- 55Book VI, Chapter XIII: Progress in Relation to Standards of Life.prose
- 56Appendix a the Growth of Free Industry and Enterprise.prose
- 57Appendix B the Growth of Economic Science.prose
- 58Appendix C the Scope and Method of Economics.prose
- 59Appendix D Uses of Abstract Reasoning in Economics.prose
- 60Appendix E Definitions of Capital.prose
- 61Appendix F Barter.prose
- 62Appendix G the Incidence of Local Rates, with Some Suggestions as to Policy.prose
- 63Appendix H Limitations of the Use of Statical Assumptions in Regard to Increasing Return.prose
- 64Appendix I Ricardo's Theory of Value.prose
- 65Appendix J the Doctrine of the Wages-fund.prose
- 66Appendix K Certain Kinds of Surplus.prose
- 67Appendix L Ricardo's Doctrine as to Taxes and Improvements in Agriculture.prose