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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) CHAPTER II.: Of Production, or the formation of our Riches. - A Treatise On Political Economy
CHAPTER II.: Of Production, or the formation of our Riches. - Antoine Louis Claude, Comte Destutt de Tracy, A Treatise On Political Economy [1817]Edition used:A Treatise on Political Economy: to which is Prefixed a Supplement to a Preceding Work on the Understanding or Elements of Ideology; with an Analytical Table, and an Introduction on the Faculty of the Will (Georgetown: Joseph Milligan, 1817).
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- Monticello, October 25, 1818.
- Prospectus.
- Advertisement.
- Abstract, Or Analytical Table.
- Advertisement.
- Supplement to the First Section of the Elements of Ideology.
- Second Section of the Elements of Ideology, Or a Treatise On the Will and Its Effects.
- Introduction.
- First Part of the Treatise On the Will and Its Effects. of Our Actions.
- Chapter I.: Of Society.
- Chapter II.: Of Production, Or the Formation of Our Riches.
- Chapter III.: Of the Measure of Utility, Or of Value.
- Chapter IV.: Of the Change of Form, Or of Fabricating Industry, Comprising Agriculture.
- Chapter V.: Of the Change of Place, Or of Commercial Industry.
- Chapter VI.: Of Money.
- Chapter VII.: Reflections On What Precedes.
- Chapter VIII.: Of the Distribution of Our Riches Amongst Individuals.
- Chapter IX.: Of the Multiplication of Individuals, Or of Population.
- Chapter X.: Consequences and Developement of the Two Preceding Chapters.
- Chapter XI.: Of the Employment of Our Riches, Or of Consumption.
- Chapter XII.: Of the Revenues and Expenses of Government and Its Debts.
- Chapter XIII.: Conclusion.
- A Treatise On Political Economy, &c.: Supplement to the First Section of the Elements of Ideology.
- Second Section of the Elements of Ideology, Or a Treatise On the Will and Its Effects.
- Introduction.
- First Part of the Treatise On the Will and Its Effects. of Our Actions.
- Chapter I.: Of Society.
- Chapter II.: Of Production, Or of the Formation of Our Riches.
- Chapter III.: Of the Measure of Utility Or of Values.
- Chapter IV.: Of the Change of Form, Or of Manufacturing Industry, Comprising Agriculture.
- Chapter V.: Of the Change of Place, Or of Commercial Industry.
- Chapter VI.: Of Money.
- Chapter VII.: Reflections On What Precedes.
- Chapter VIII.: Of the Distribution of Our Riches Amongst Individuals.
- Chapter IX.: Of the Multiplication of Individuals, Or of Population.
- Chapter X.: Consequences and Developments of the Two Preceding Chapters.
- Chapter XI.: Of the Employment of Our Riches, Or of Consumption.
- Chapter XII.: Of the Revenues and Expenses of a Government, and of Its Debts.
- Chapter XIII.: Conclusion.
CHAPTER II.
Of Production, or the formation of our Riches.
In the first place what ought we to understand by the word production? We create nothing. We operate only changes of form and of place.
To produce is to give to things an utility which they had not before.
All labour from which utility results is productive.
That relative to agriculture has in this respect nothing particular.
A farm is truly a manufactory.
A field is a real tool, or in other words a stock of first materials.
All the laborious class is productive.
The truly sterile class is that of the idle.
Manufacturers fabricate, merchants transport. This is our industry. It consists in the production of utility.
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