Letters to Mr. Malthus, and A Catechism of Political Economy
Say replies to Malthus’s negative views about the impact of population on the well-being of workers, and provides a popularization of his economic views.
Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce. To Which is added, A Catechism of Political Economy, or Familiar Conversations on the Manner in which Wealth is Produced, Distributed, and Consumed in Society, trans. John Richter (London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1821).
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- Author: Jean-Baptiste Say
- Translator: John Richter
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Table of Contents
- PREFACE.
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- LETTERS, &c.
- LETTER I.
- LETTER II.
- LETTER III.
- LETTER IV.
- LETTER V.
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- CONTENTS.
- CATECHISM OF POLITICAL ECONOMY; OR, FAMILIAR CONVERSATIONS ON THE MANNER IN WHICH WEALTH IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, AND CONSUMED.
- CHAPTER THE FIRST.: On the Composition of Wealth and the Use of Money.
- CHAPTER II.: On the Utility and Value of Products.
- CHAPTER III.: On Production.
- CHAPTER IV.: On the Operations common to all the Species of Industry.
- CHAPTER V.: On Capital and Land.
- CHAPTER VI.: On the Formation of Capital.
- CHAPTER VII.: On the Manner in which the Value of Products is established, and of the Charges of Production.
- CHAPTER VIII.: On the Profits of Industry, Capital, and Land; that is, Income.
- CHAPTER IX.: On Wages, Interest, and Rent.
- CHAPTER X.: On Incomes founded on immaterial Products.
- CHAPTER XI.: On Consumption in general.
- CHAPTER XII.: On Private Consumption.
- CHAPTER XIII.: On Public Consumption.
- CHAPTER XIV.: On Public Property and Taxes.
- CHAPTER XV.: On Public Loans.
- CHAPTER XVI.: On Property, and the Nature of Riches.
- CHAPTER XVII.: On the Real and Nominal Price.
- CHAPTER XVIII.: On Money.
- CHAPTER XIX.: On Signs representing Money.
- CHAPTER XX.: On Markets.
- CHAPTER XXI.: On Regulations or Restraints of Industry.
- CHAPTER XXII.: On Importations, Duties, and Prohibitions.
- CHAPTER XXIII.: On Exportation.
- CHAPTER XXIV.: On Population.
- CHAPTER XXV.: On Colonies.
- ERRATUM.
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