Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy Part One

1871. Volume 1 of 2. John Stuart Mill is one of the foremost representatives of utilitarian thought as well as one of the most influential of nineteenth century liberals. Influenced by his wife, Harriet Taylor, Mill developed a very humane version of utilitarianism that was sympathetic to women's rights, labor unions, proportional representation, and other liberal themes. A collection of Mill's treatises, this is Volume I of II. Contents Book I. Production: Of the Requisites of Production; Of Labor as an Agent of Production; Of Unproductive Labor; Of Capital; Fundamental Propositions respecting Capital; Of Circulating and Fixed Capital; On what depends the degree of Productiveness of Productive Agents; Of Cooperation, or the Combination of Labor; Of Production on a Large, and Production on a Small Scale; Of the Law of the Increase of Labor; Of the Law of the Increase of Capital; Of the Law of the Increase of Production from Land; Consequences of the foregoing Laws. Contents Book II. Distribution: Of Property; Of the Classes among whom the Produce is distributed; Of Competition and Custom; Of Slavery; Of Peasant Proprietors; Of Metayers; Of Cottiers; Means of abolishing Cottier Tenancy; Of Wages; Of Popular Remedies for Low Wages; Remedies for Low Wages further considered; Of the Differences of Wages in different Employments; of Profits; and Of Rent. Contents Book III. Exchange: Of Value; Of Demand and Supply, in their relation to Value; Of Cost of Production, in its relation to Value; Ultimate Analysis of Cost of Production; Of Rent, in its relation to Value; and Summary of the Theory of Value. See the many other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Volume 2 ISBN 0766188795.