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§ 1. Definition and object of Political Economy
§ 2. What Political Economy is not
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CHAPTER II.
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN POLITICAL ECONOMY AND OTHER
MORAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES
§ 1. Connection between Political Economy and Philo-
sophy or Religion
§ 2. Connection between Political Economy and Ethics .
§ 3. Connection between Political Economy and Law
§ 4.
§ 5.
Connection between Political Economy and Politics
Connection between Political Economy and Inter-
national Law
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§ 6.
Connection between Political Economy and History
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§ 7.
Connection between Political Economy, Geography
and Statistics. .
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§ 8. Laws of Nature in Political Economy
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Influence of Philosophic and Religious Doctrines
Influence of the Moral Sentiments
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§ 8.
Influence of Justice
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§ 9.
Civil Laws, especially those as to Property, in
their Relation to the Productiveness of Labour
§ 10. Influence of Systems of Inheritance on the Produc-
tiveness of Labour.
§ 11. Influence of Systems of Tenure.
§ 12. Influence of Systems of Rewarding Labour.
§ 13. Influence of Systems of Government
§ 14. Influence of Democracy
§ 15. Influence of Liberty
§ 16. Influence of Association and Co-operation
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§ 20. Obstacles opposed by Ignorance to the Productive-
ness of Labour
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CHAPTER IV.
GROSS PRODUCT, NET PRODUCT, AND THE COST OF PRODUC-
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§ 4. Does Machinery Diminish the Employment and
Wages of Workmen ?
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§ 5. How Machinery may Compel Workmen to change
their Occupation
95
§ 6. How Machinery increases the Employment of
Workmen
96
CHAPTER VI.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN PRO-
DUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
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§ 6. Necessary Conditions of Industries on a Large Scale 115
§ 7. Industries of Transport
116
Should Roads be made, and Means of Transport
provided from Public Funds? .
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§ 2. Theory of Rent held by Ricardo and Mill
§ 3. Arguments of Economists who deny the Existence
of Rent
CHAPTER V.
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Has the Condition of the Working Classes improved? 152