Capital and Interest: A Critical History of Economical Theory

Translated with a preface and analysis by William Smart INTRODUCTION - The Problem of Interest, 1 - BOOK I - The Development of the Problem CHAPTER 1 - THE OPPOSITION TO INTEREST IN CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL TIMES, 13 CHAPTER 2 - THE DEFENCE OF INTEREST FROM THE SIXTEENTH TILL THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 25 CHAPTER 3 - TURGOT'S FRUCTIFICATION THEORY, 61 CHAPTER 4 - ADAM SMITH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROBLEM, 70 CHAPTER 5 - THE COLOURLESS THEORIES, 80 - BOOK II - The Productivity Theories CHAPTER 1 - THE PRODUCTIVE POWER OF CAPITAL, 111 CHAPTER 2 - THE NAÏVE PRODUCTIYITY THEORIES, 120 CHAPTER 3 - THE INDIRECT PRODUCTIVITY THEORIES, 142 - BOOK III - The Use Theories CHAPTER 1 - THE USE OF CAPITAL, 185 CHAPTER 2 - HISTORICAL STATEMEXT, 188 CHAPTER 3 - PLAN OF CRITICISM, 214 CHAPTER 4 - THE USE OF CAPITAL ACCORDING TO THE SAY-HERMANN SCHOOL, 216 CHAPTER 5 - THE TRUE CONCEPTION OF THE USE OF GOODS, 219 CHAPTER 6 - CRITICISM OF THE SAY-HERMANN CONCEPTION, 228 CHAPTER 7 - THE INDEPENDENT USE: AN UNPROVED ASSUMPTION, 232 CHAPTER 8 - THE INDEPENDENT USE: ITS UNTENABLE CONCLUSIONS, 247 CHAPTER 9 - THE INDEPENDENT USE: ITS ORIGIN IN LEGAL FICTION, 253 CHAPTER 10 - MENGER'S CONCEPTION OF USE, 260 CHAPTER 11 - FINAL INSUFFICIENCY OF THE USE THEORY, 264 - BOOK IV - The Abstinence Theory CHAPTER 1 - SENIOR'S STATEMENT OF THE THEORY, 269 CHAPTER 2 - CRITICISM OF SENIOR, 275 CHAPTER 3 - BASTIAT'S STATEMENT, 288 - BOOK V - The Labour Theories The English Group, 297 The French Group, 300 The Gerrnan Group, 305 - BOOK VI - The Exploitation Theory CHAPTER 1 - HISTORICAL SURVEY, 315 CHAPTER 2 - RODBERTUS, 328 CHAPTER 3 - MARX, 367 BOOK VII - Minor Systems CHAPTER 1 - THE ECLECTICS, 395 CHAPTER 2 - THE LATER FRUCTIFICATION THEORY, 413