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CONTENTS.I.Preliminary Remarks.XII.The Institution of Property.II.Why do men work?XIII.Of Wages.III.Co-operation and Division of Labour.XIV.Of Rent.IV.Productive and Unproductive Labour.XV.Principles of Taxation.V.The Same continued.XVI.Of Interest.VI.Elements of Production.XVII.The Same continued.VII.The Auxiliaries of Production.XVIII.Of Money.VIII.Barter, Trade, and Commerce.XIX.Of Government.IX.Conflicting Tendencies.XX.The Way Out.X.Ethics and Economics.XXI.Social Evolution.XI.Social Ethics.XXII.Democracy.
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“It is clearly the thinking of a man who has personally grappled with the grave questions of his time, and who sees the light beyond, to which he would lead all men.”—Echo(London).
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