This is Mill’s first work on economics. It foreshadows his Political Economy which was the standard Anglo-American Economics textbook of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mill’s economic theory moved from free market capitalism, to government intervention within the precepts of Utilitarianism, and finally to Socialism. [Summary written by Gary Gilberd]
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface and Contents
03:49 - Chapter 2
Ch. 1 Of the Laws of Interchange between Nations pt. 1
30:53 - Chapter 3
Ch. 1 Of the Laws of Interchange between Nations pt. 2
32:41 - Chapter 4
Ch. 1 Of the Laws of Interchange between Nations pt. 3
26:40 - Chapter 5
Ch. 2 Of the Influence of Consumption upon Production pt. 1
27:07 - Chapter 6
Ch. 2 Of the Influence of Consumption upon Production pt. 2
31:13 - Chapter 7
Ch. 3 On the Words Productive and Unproductive
24:20 - Chapter 8
Ch. 4 On Profits, and Interest pt. 1
31:29 - Chapter 9
Ch. 4 On Profits, and Interest pt. 2
28:23 - Chapter 10
Ch. 5 On the Definition of Political Economy pt. 1
35:11 - Chapter 11
Ch. 5 On the Definition of Political Economy pt. 2
33:17 - Chapter 12
Ch. 5 On the Definition of Political Economy pt. 3
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