20th Century · English
The Theory of Interest
The Theory of Interest, by Irving Fisher (1867–1947), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Prefaceprose
- 02Suggestions to Readersprose
- 03Part I.: Introduction, Part I, Chapter I: Income and Capitalprose
- 04Part I, Chapter II: Money Interest and Real Interestprose
- 05Part I, Chapter III: Some Common Pitfallsprose
- 06Part II.: The Theory in Words, Part II, Chapter IV: Time Preference (Human Impatience)prose
- 07Part II, Chapter V: First Approximation to the Theory of Interest Assuming Each Person's Income Stream Foreknown and Uncprose
- 08The Two Impatience Principles, The Two Market Principles (1)prose
- 09Part II, Chapter VI: Second Approximation to the Theory of Interest Assuming Income Modifiable (1) by loans and (2) by oprose
- 10The Two Investment Opportunity Principles, The Two Impatience Principles (2)prose
- 11The Two Market Principles (2)prose
- 12Part II, Chapter VII: The Investment Opportunity Principlesprose
- 13Part II, Chapter VIII: Discussion of the Second Approximationprose
- 14Part II, Chapter IX: Third Approximation to the Theory of Interest Assuming Income Uncertainprose
- 15The Two Principles as to Investment Opportunityprose
- 16The Two Principles as to Impatienceprose
- 17The Two Market Principles (3)prose
- 18Part III.: The Theory in Mathematics, Part III, Chapter X: First Approximation in Geometric Termsprose
- 19Part III, Chapter XI: Second Approximation in Geometric Termsprose
- 20Part III, Chapter XII: First Approximation in Terms of Formulasprose
- 21Part III, Chapter XIII: Second Approximation in Terms of Formulasprose
- 22Part III, Chapter XIV: The Third Approximation Unadapted to Mathematical Formulationprose
- 23Part IV.: Further Discussion, Part IV, Chapter XV: The Place of Interest in Economicsprose
- 24Part IV, Chapter XVI: Relation of Discovery and Invention to Interest Ratesprose
- 25Part IV, Chapter XVII: Personal and Business Loansprose
- 26Part IV, Chapter XVIII: Some Illustrative Factsprose
- 27Part IV, Chapter XIX: The Relation of Interest to Money and Pricesprose
- 28Part IV, Chapter XX: Objections Consideredprose
- 29Part IV, Chapter XXI: Summaryprose
- 30Appendix to Chapter Iprose
- 31Appendix to Chapter Xprose
- 32Appendix to Chapter XIIprose
- 33Appendix to Chapter XIIIprose
- 34Appendix to Chapter XIXprose
- 35Appendix to Chapter XXprose
- 36I. Works on Interest Theory.prose
- 37II. Other Works Dealing with Interest.prose