Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy

By Mill, John Stuart

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Title:	Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy
Author:	Mill, John Stuart
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Language:	English
Subject:	Political science., Economics and literature, Economic & political studies series
Collections:	Economics Publications Collection
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Publisher:	Archive for the History of Economic Thought


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Excerpt
Excerpt: Preface to the First Edition. Of these Essays, which were written in 1829 and 1830, the fifth alone has been previously printed. The other four have hitherto remained in manuscript, because, during the temporary suspension of public interest in the species of discussion to which they belong, there was no inducement to their publication. They are now published (with a few merely verbal alterations) under the impression that the controversies excited by Colonel Torrens? Budget have again called the attention of political economists to the discussions of the abstract science: and from the additional consideration, that the first paper relates expressly to the point upon which the question at issue between Colonel Torrens and his antagonists has principally turned. From that paper it will be seen that opinions identical in principle with those promulgated by Colonel Torrens (there would probably be considerable difference as to the extent of their practical application) have been held by the writer for more than fifteen years: although he cannot claim to himself the original conception, but only the elaboration, of the fundamental doctrine of the Essay.

Table of Contents
Contents Preface to the First Edition ................................................................ 5 Essay I: Of The Laws of Interchange Between Nations; And The Distribution of The Gains of Commerce Among The Countries of The Commercial World ............................................................... 7 Essay II: Of the Influence of Consumption on Production ............... 37 Essay III: On the Words Productive and Unproductive ................... 56 Essay IV: On Profits, And Interest. .................................................. 66 Essay V: On the Definition of Political Economy; and on the Method of Investigation Proper to It ....................................................... 86 Notes ...............................................................................................115