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    20th Century · English

    The Theory of Interest

    Irving Fisher

    The Theory of Interest, by Irving Fisher (1867–1947), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.

    Chapters
    37
    Variants
    37
    Genre
    Economics
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Prefaceprose
    2. 02Suggestions to Readersprose
    3. 03Part I.: Introduction, Part I, Chapter I: Income and Capitalprose
    4. 04Part I, Chapter II: Money Interest and Real Interestprose
    5. 05Part I, Chapter III: Some Common Pitfallsprose
    6. 06Part II.: The Theory in Words, Part II, Chapter IV: Time Preference (Human Impatience)prose
    7. 07Part II, Chapter V: First Approximation to the Theory of Interest Assuming Each Person's Income Stream Foreknown and Uncprose
    8. 08The Two Impatience Principles, The Two Market Principles (1)prose
    9. 09Part II, Chapter VI: Second Approximation to the Theory of Interest Assuming Income Modifiable (1) by loans and (2) by oprose
    10. 10The Two Investment Opportunity Principles, The Two Impatience Principles (2)prose
    11. 11The Two Market Principles (2)prose
    12. 12Part II, Chapter VII: The Investment Opportunity Principlesprose
    13. 13Part II, Chapter VIII: Discussion of the Second Approximationprose
    14. 14Part II, Chapter IX: Third Approximation to the Theory of Interest Assuming Income Uncertainprose
    15. 15The Two Principles as to Investment Opportunityprose
    16. 16The Two Principles as to Impatienceprose
    17. 17The Two Market Principles (3)prose
    18. 18Part III.: The Theory in Mathematics, Part III, Chapter X: First Approximation in Geometric Termsprose
    19. 19Part III, Chapter XI: Second Approximation in Geometric Termsprose
    20. 20Part III, Chapter XII: First Approximation in Terms of Formulasprose
    21. 21Part III, Chapter XIII: Second Approximation in Terms of Formulasprose
    22. 22Part III, Chapter XIV: The Third Approximation Unadapted to Mathematical Formulationprose
    23. 23Part IV.: Further Discussion, Part IV, Chapter XV: The Place of Interest in Economicsprose
    24. 24Part IV, Chapter XVI: Relation of Discovery and Invention to Interest Ratesprose
    25. 25Part IV, Chapter XVII: Personal and Business Loansprose
    26. 26Part IV, Chapter XVIII: Some Illustrative Factsprose
    27. 27Part IV, Chapter XIX: The Relation of Interest to Money and Pricesprose
    28. 28Part IV, Chapter XX: Objections Consideredprose
    29. 29Part IV, Chapter XXI: Summaryprose
    30. 30Appendix to Chapter Iprose
    31. 31Appendix to Chapter Xprose
    32. 32Appendix to Chapter XIIprose
    33. 33Appendix to Chapter XIIIprose
    34. 34Appendix to Chapter XIXprose
    35. 35Appendix to Chapter XXprose
    36. 36I. Works on Interest Theory.prose
    37. 37II. Other Works Dealing with Interest.prose