Chapter 13

A.Accumulation, what it implies,39,47-50;of produce and of capital,54;its effects,45,52,71,99,168;Ricardo's difference from Malthus upon,168, cf.185-191,203.'Additions to Essay on Population,'105,128.Agriculture, improvements,8,46,59,180;monopoly of home market,56;distress,3,212;prosperity,141;burdens,3;restrictions in favour of home agriculture, see Corn Laws;Anon. tract on,91.Allen, John,6.America, its future prospects,77;high wages in,118,197,198,203,204,205;profits,41;Ambassador,156;emigration to,161.'Appendix' to tract on Bullion,17;to 'Observations,'61.Appreciation as distinguished from Depreciation,82.Attwood, Mr.,3.Austin, H., of Gloucestershire,117,169.Austin, Mrs., daughter of Ricardo,117,213.B.Bain, Prof. A., 'Life of Jas. Mill,' Pref.viii,x,44, &c.See Mill, Jas.Bank, Ricardo's speech at B.-court,104;its bargains with Government, &c.,89,110;its profits and Charter,90;its bullion,100;its notes,102;cash payments,115;incapacity of directors,104,185;'an unnecessary establishment,'89;views on,102.Balance of Trade,11.Banks, Country,89.Baring, Mr.,161.Basevi,67,108.Belsham, neighbour in Gloucestershire,140,159.Bentham, Jeremy, Pref.xi. seq.,3,51,55,91,140,141,151,152,166.Berkeley, Col.,147.Berlin Decrees, &c.,27.Binda, Mr.,117,125.Blake, Wm., F.R.S.,75,115.Boddington, Mr.,6.Böhm Bawerk, Dr. Eugen von, Pref.xvii,230.Bosanquet, Chas.,113.—— Jacob,113.Bowood,141,156.Bowring, J., Life of Bentham,55, &c.'British Review,'145,147.Broglie, Duc de,210,211.Brougham, Henry, Pref.x,63,156.Buchanan, David (editor of 'Wealth of Nations'),125,128.Bullion Committee,2,12,24,25,26,32,89; Outl.xix.Bullion, merchants,3;every man a dealer in it,10;debate in Lords,26;Bank supplies of,100;Ricardo's tract on, see Ricardo;as a commodity,9.Burdett, Sir F.,55,64,152.C.Cairnes, J. E.,113.Capital, home and foreign,7;when 'scanty,'43;rapid increase without low rate of interest,8;abundant,18.See Accumulation and Profits.Carey, Henry C.,68.Carlile, Richard and Ann, case of, Pref.xi.'Champion' newspaper,208.Chandler, Mrs., neighbour in Gloucestershire,159.'Chronicle' newspaper,104; Outl.xix.Clerk, George,87,125.Clubs, King of,3,5;note toIII,25,110, &c.;Geological Club,64;Political Economy Club, see Pol. Econ.Clutterbuck, Mr.,41,152,213.Cobbett, Wm., Pref.xv,148,159,161,162,168,208,213.Cobden, Richard, Pref.x,160.Commons, debates in,64,84, &c.Competition, 'general law of,'10,42,51;its effect in equalizing profits,195,203;competition of sellers more effective than that of buyers,173;acts feebly in some cases,202,203.Constant, Benjamin,91.Consumption and Production,36,39,185, &c.;and Accumulation,45, &c.Continental System,27.Coppleston, Dr.,212.Corn, demand for not unlimited,4;corn laws,34,48,58,153,201;Corn Committee,42;new corn law,64;corn as measure of value,193,221.Corn-prices, as regulating others,34,84,90;relation to profits,37.Cost of production,175, &c.;as explaining value,230, cf.55.Coulson, Walter,168.Countervailing duty on corn,64, Pref.xi.Crombie, Alex.,82.Currency, 'redundant,'11,19;how affected by the Peace,38;relation to foreign trade,7 seq.,38;'Economical and Secure,'96,100,103,108,112.See Bullion, &c.Custom house, delays,137,140.D.Debate, House of Lords on Bullion,26;ditto on Bank Restriction,150.Definitions deprecated by Say,209;unfairly used by Malthus,229,237.Demand, unlimited,34,43,44;effective,36,39,43;its meaning,42,43,54;relation to supply,41,42,44,148,173;relation to market and natural price,53,148,174,176.Depreciation, Torrens' criticism of Malthus' use of,75,81;Tooke on depreciation,27,82;a public evil,85;depreciation and exchanges,15;depreciation and corn measure of value,221.Destutt, De Tracy,211.Distribution, to Ricardo the chief subject of Pol. Econ.,175;in case of wages and profits,185,189;of money in the world,22.'Domestic competition,' bringing down unusual profits,192 seq.Dumont, P. E. L.,3,64,210.E.Eckersall, Miss,117.'Economical and Secure Currency.' See Currency.Edinburgh Review,8,10,56,65,116,120,154,170,171,184,198,240.Elphinstone, W. F.,113.Empson (Wm.),238;quotes letters of Ricardo's,56,65,116,120,167,175,240.Encyclopædia Brit.,55,157,158,165,171.Essex, expenses of farming in,97.Exchanges, with Hamburgh,24,32,with Holland,27 seq.Exchequer bills,90.Experience, danger of appeals to in Pol. Econ.,96.Exports,7,20, &c.;of bullion,3,14,19,25.See Imports.Extension of Market, chief cause of,99.'External commodities,'193, cf.79.F.Facility of production, including skill,93;affecting value,170;affecting profits,8;'the essence of high rents,'101, cf.127.Fact versus Principle,18.Fall or rise of money and of goods compared,194-197.Foligny, M. de,137.Ford Abbey,51,140,141.'Foreign commodities,'79; cf.193.Fragment of letter,105,216-219.'Fragment on Government' (Bentham's),55.France,24,169,170,211; cf.92,93.French Revolution,8,151,210.G.Gallois, the publicist,211.Garnier (Germain),212.Gell, Sir Wm.,173.General glut,188 seq.;impossible,14.See Over-production.General prosperity,86.'General reasoning' versus 'repeated experience,'190.Geological Society,64,75.George IV, his character,172.Gilbart, J. W.,85.Godwin, Wm.,198,206,207.Gold, exportation prohibited,28;unlike other commodities,5;imports of,24;conditions of exportation,27.Goldsmid, Aaron Asher,24.Grant, Chas.,130.Greenough, G. B.,75.Grenfell, Pascoe,89,96,109.Grenville, Lord,113,150.Grote, Geo.,96,157.H.Haileybury College, a student of,87;pamphlets on,113,125,126;Mackintosh Professor there,149;others of the staff,137;disturbances of students at,104,213;the subject before India House,127,130.Hamburgh, table of exchanges with,24,32,33.Hamilton, Prof.,136,137.Hardwicke, Lord,42.Harvest, effects of bad,21,139.Held, Adolf, Pref.xv.High price of raw produce, its causes and effects,47,90;Ricardo's views on it change,126;Malthus' view discussed,127.Hitchings, Mr.,134.Hobhouse,177;Miss,159.Holland, table of exchanges with,28-31;visits to,118.Holland House,125,207.Holland, Dr.,151.Horner, Francis,6,81,115.Hughan, Thos., West India Merchant,12.Humboldt, Alex.,138.Hume, J. Deacon,27.—— Joseph,96,133,208,240.Hunt, 'Orator,'152,161,163.Hone, William,45.I.Idleness of the inhabitants of fertile lands,138; cf. Otaheite.Impey, Mr.,131.Imports,4,7,12,21,196;of bullion,25, &c.Income tax,112, cf. Pref.xv.India, E. I. College, see Haileybury.E. India Co., its profits,50;illustrations from,202, &c.;Mill's book on,146,147,149.'Inquiry into principles of Malthus relative to Demand,'191.Interest, rate of,8,35,41, &c.See Profits and Capital.Interest, of nations and of individuals,18,19;of mankind,188,198.Ireland, Malthus' visit to,137,138.J.Jackson, Randle,113,114,130.Jacob, William,63,67.Jamaica, premium on bills in,12,13.K.King, 'of Clubs.' See Clubs.King, Lord Peter,148,150.Kinnaird, Douglas,130.Knyvett's concert,2.L.Labour, as measure of value,214 seq.;as cause of value,192.Other referencespassim.Labourers, as over-reached by employers,139;as injured by depreciation of money,85.Lansdown, Marquis of,141,156.Lauderdale, Lord,56,57,65,115.Leases in relation to prices,47,61.Le Bas of Haileybury College,137.Level of currency,16,19,34,196.Lisbon, gold imported from,24.Liverpool, Lord, letter of Torrens to him,111;motion in House of Lords,150.Locke, John,221.Lords Committee on Corn,42;debates on Currency,26,150.Luxury, of idleness,138;love of luxuries displaced by other motives,39;luxuries curtailed by dear corn,34,35.M.MacCulloch, J. R., articles on Ricardo in Edinburgh Review,154,184;and in Scotsman,146,184;on Malthus in Scotsman,168;on Value,221,230.Other references, Pref.xii,xvii,44,49,171,240.Macdonnel, Mr.,160.Machinery, Ricardo's views of, changing,184, cf. Pref.xvii;effect of improved,99,102,188.Mackintosh, Sir James,6,81,149,151.Mallet, Mr.140,149.Malthus, T. R., character, see Pref.viii;letter to Place,207;travels in France,169;article on Depreciation,10,27;tract on Rent,58,127,128;'Political Economy,'123,138,145,166;Say's Letters to him, see Say;'Observations' and 'Grounds of an Opinion,'56,61;

A.Accumulation, what it implies,39,47-50;of produce and of capital,54;its effects,45,52,71,99,168;Ricardo's difference from Malthus upon,168, cf.185-191,203.'Additions to Essay on Population,'105,128.Agriculture, improvements,8,46,59,180;monopoly of home market,56;distress,3,212;prosperity,141;burdens,3;restrictions in favour of home agriculture, see Corn Laws;Anon. tract on,91.Allen, John,6.America, its future prospects,77;high wages in,118,197,198,203,204,205;profits,41;Ambassador,156;emigration to,161.'Appendix' to tract on Bullion,17;to 'Observations,'61.Appreciation as distinguished from Depreciation,82.Attwood, Mr.,3.Austin, H., of Gloucestershire,117,169.Austin, Mrs., daughter of Ricardo,117,213.B.Bain, Prof. A., 'Life of Jas. Mill,' Pref.viii,x,44, &c.See Mill, Jas.Bank, Ricardo's speech at B.-court,104;its bargains with Government, &c.,89,110;its profits and Charter,90;its bullion,100;its notes,102;cash payments,115;incapacity of directors,104,185;'an unnecessary establishment,'89;views on,102.Balance of Trade,11.Banks, Country,89.Baring, Mr.,161.Basevi,67,108.Belsham, neighbour in Gloucestershire,140,159.Bentham, Jeremy, Pref.xi. seq.,3,51,55,91,140,141,151,152,166.Berkeley, Col.,147.Berlin Decrees, &c.,27.Binda, Mr.,117,125.Blake, Wm., F.R.S.,75,115.Boddington, Mr.,6.Böhm Bawerk, Dr. Eugen von, Pref.xvii,230.Bosanquet, Chas.,113.—— Jacob,113.Bowood,141,156.Bowring, J., Life of Bentham,55, &c.'British Review,'145,147.Broglie, Duc de,210,211.Brougham, Henry, Pref.x,63,156.Buchanan, David (editor of 'Wealth of Nations'),125,128.Bullion Committee,2,12,24,25,26,32,89; Outl.xix.Bullion, merchants,3;every man a dealer in it,10;debate in Lords,26;Bank supplies of,100;Ricardo's tract on, see Ricardo;as a commodity,9.Burdett, Sir F.,55,64,152.C.Cairnes, J. E.,113.Capital, home and foreign,7;when 'scanty,'43;rapid increase without low rate of interest,8;abundant,18.See Accumulation and Profits.Carey, Henry C.,68.Carlile, Richard and Ann, case of, Pref.xi.'Champion' newspaper,208.Chandler, Mrs., neighbour in Gloucestershire,159.'Chronicle' newspaper,104; Outl.xix.Clerk, George,87,125.Clubs, King of,3,5;note toIII,25,110, &c.;Geological Club,64;Political Economy Club, see Pol. Econ.Clutterbuck, Mr.,41,152,213.Cobbett, Wm., Pref.xv,148,159,161,162,168,208,213.Cobden, Richard, Pref.x,160.Commons, debates in,64,84, &c.Competition, 'general law of,'10,42,51;its effect in equalizing profits,195,203;competition of sellers more effective than that of buyers,173;acts feebly in some cases,202,203.Constant, Benjamin,91.Consumption and Production,36,39,185, &c.;and Accumulation,45, &c.Continental System,27.Coppleston, Dr.,212.Corn, demand for not unlimited,4;corn laws,34,48,58,153,201;Corn Committee,42;new corn law,64;corn as measure of value,193,221.Corn-prices, as regulating others,34,84,90;relation to profits,37.Cost of production,175, &c.;as explaining value,230, cf.55.Coulson, Walter,168.Countervailing duty on corn,64, Pref.xi.Crombie, Alex.,82.Currency, 'redundant,'11,19;how affected by the Peace,38;relation to foreign trade,7 seq.,38;'Economical and Secure,'96,100,103,108,112.See Bullion, &c.Custom house, delays,137,140.D.Debate, House of Lords on Bullion,26;ditto on Bank Restriction,150.Definitions deprecated by Say,209;unfairly used by Malthus,229,237.Demand, unlimited,34,43,44;effective,36,39,43;its meaning,42,43,54;relation to supply,41,42,44,148,173;relation to market and natural price,53,148,174,176.Depreciation, Torrens' criticism of Malthus' use of,75,81;Tooke on depreciation,27,82;a public evil,85;depreciation and exchanges,15;depreciation and corn measure of value,221.Destutt, De Tracy,211.Distribution, to Ricardo the chief subject of Pol. Econ.,175;in case of wages and profits,185,189;of money in the world,22.'Domestic competition,' bringing down unusual profits,192 seq.Dumont, P. E. L.,3,64,210.E.Eckersall, Miss,117.'Economical and Secure Currency.' See Currency.Edinburgh Review,8,10,56,65,116,120,154,170,171,184,198,240.Elphinstone, W. F.,113.Empson (Wm.),238;quotes letters of Ricardo's,56,65,116,120,167,175,240.Encyclopædia Brit.,55,157,158,165,171.Essex, expenses of farming in,97.Exchanges, with Hamburgh,24,32,with Holland,27 seq.Exchequer bills,90.Experience, danger of appeals to in Pol. Econ.,96.Exports,7,20, &c.;of bullion,3,14,19,25.See Imports.Extension of Market, chief cause of,99.'External commodities,'193, cf.79.F.Facility of production, including skill,93;affecting value,170;affecting profits,8;'the essence of high rents,'101, cf.127.Fact versus Principle,18.Fall or rise of money and of goods compared,194-197.Foligny, M. de,137.Ford Abbey,51,140,141.'Foreign commodities,'79; cf.193.Fragment of letter,105,216-219.'Fragment on Government' (Bentham's),55.France,24,169,170,211; cf.92,93.French Revolution,8,151,210.G.Gallois, the publicist,211.Garnier (Germain),212.Gell, Sir Wm.,173.General glut,188 seq.;impossible,14.See Over-production.General prosperity,86.'General reasoning' versus 'repeated experience,'190.Geological Society,64,75.George IV, his character,172.Gilbart, J. W.,85.Godwin, Wm.,198,206,207.Gold, exportation prohibited,28;unlike other commodities,5;imports of,24;conditions of exportation,27.Goldsmid, Aaron Asher,24.Grant, Chas.,130.Greenough, G. B.,75.Grenfell, Pascoe,89,96,109.Grenville, Lord,113,150.Grote, Geo.,96,157.H.Haileybury College, a student of,87;pamphlets on,113,125,126;Mackintosh Professor there,149;others of the staff,137;disturbances of students at,104,213;the subject before India House,127,130.Hamburgh, table of exchanges with,24,32,33.Hamilton, Prof.,136,137.Hardwicke, Lord,42.Harvest, effects of bad,21,139.Held, Adolf, Pref.xv.High price of raw produce, its causes and effects,47,90;Ricardo's views on it change,126;Malthus' view discussed,127.Hitchings, Mr.,134.Hobhouse,177;Miss,159.Holland, table of exchanges with,28-31;visits to,118.Holland House,125,207.Holland, Dr.,151.Horner, Francis,6,81,115.Hughan, Thos., West India Merchant,12.Humboldt, Alex.,138.Hume, J. Deacon,27.—— Joseph,96,133,208,240.Hunt, 'Orator,'152,161,163.Hone, William,45.I.Idleness of the inhabitants of fertile lands,138; cf. Otaheite.Impey, Mr.,131.Imports,4,7,12,21,196;of bullion,25, &c.Income tax,112, cf. Pref.xv.India, E. I. College, see Haileybury.E. India Co., its profits,50;illustrations from,202, &c.;Mill's book on,146,147,149.'Inquiry into principles of Malthus relative to Demand,'191.Interest, rate of,8,35,41, &c.See Profits and Capital.Interest, of nations and of individuals,18,19;of mankind,188,198.Ireland, Malthus' visit to,137,138.J.Jackson, Randle,113,114,130.Jacob, William,63,67.Jamaica, premium on bills in,12,13.K.King, 'of Clubs.' See Clubs.King, Lord Peter,148,150.Kinnaird, Douglas,130.Knyvett's concert,2.L.Labour, as measure of value,214 seq.;as cause of value,192.Other referencespassim.Labourers, as over-reached by employers,139;as injured by depreciation of money,85.Lansdown, Marquis of,141,156.Lauderdale, Lord,56,57,65,115.Leases in relation to prices,47,61.Le Bas of Haileybury College,137.Level of currency,16,19,34,196.Lisbon, gold imported from,24.Liverpool, Lord, letter of Torrens to him,111;motion in House of Lords,150.Locke, John,221.Lords Committee on Corn,42;debates on Currency,26,150.Luxury, of idleness,138;love of luxuries displaced by other motives,39;luxuries curtailed by dear corn,34,35.M.MacCulloch, J. R., articles on Ricardo in Edinburgh Review,154,184;and in Scotsman,146,184;on Malthus in Scotsman,168;on Value,221,230.Other references, Pref.xii,xvii,44,49,171,240.Macdonnel, Mr.,160.Machinery, Ricardo's views of, changing,184, cf. Pref.xvii;effect of improved,99,102,188.Mackintosh, Sir James,6,81,149,151.Mallet, Mr.140,149.Malthus, T. R., character, see Pref.viii;letter to Place,207;travels in France,169;article on Depreciation,10,27;tract on Rent,58,127,128;'Political Economy,'123,138,145,166;Say's Letters to him, see Say;'Observations' and 'Grounds of an Opinion,'56,61;


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