Definitions in Political Economy, / Preceded by an Inquiry Into the Rules which Ought to Guide Political Economists in the Definition and Use of Their Terms; with Remarks on the Deviation from These Rules in Their Writings

T. R. Malthus

CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

Chapter I. RULES FOR THE DEFINITION AND APPLICATION OF TERMS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Chapter II. ON THE DEFINITION OF WEALTH BY THE FRENCH ECONOMISTS.

Chapter III. ON THE DEFINITION AND APPLICATION OF TERMS BY ADAM SMITH.

Chapter IV. APPLICATION OF THE TERM UTILITY BY M. SAY.

Chapter V. ON THE DEFINITION AND APPLICATION OF TERMS BY MR. RICARDO.

Chapter VI. ON THE DEFINITION AND APPLICATION OF TERMS BY MR.

Chapter VII. ON THE DEFINITION AND APPLICATION OF TERMS, BY MR.

Chapter VIII. ON THE DEFINITION AND USE OF TERMS BY THE AUTHOR

Chapter IX. SUMMARY OF THE REASONS FOR ADOPTING THE SUBJOINED DEFINITION OF THE MEASURE OF VALUE.

Chapter X. DEFINITIONS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Chapter XI. OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEFINITIONS.

Transcriber’s Note:

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DEFINITIONS
IN
POLITICAL ECONOMY,
PRECEDED BY
AN INQUIRY INTO THE RULES WHICH OUGHT TO GUIDE POLITICAL ECONOMISTS IN THE DEFINITION AND USE OF THEIR TERMS;
WITH REMARKS
ON THE DEVIATION FROM THESE RULES IN THEIR WRITINGS.

BY THE

Rev. T. R. MALTHUS, A.M., F.R.S., A.R.S.L.,

AND

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE EAST-INDIA COLLEGE, HERTFORDSHIRE.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXVII.

LONDON:

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DEFINITIONS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRECEDED BY AN INQUIRY INTO THE RULES WHICH OUGHT TO GUIDE POLITICAL ECONOMISTS IN THE DEFINITION AND USE OF THEIR TERMS; WITH REMARKS ON THE DEVIATION FROM THESE RULES IN THEIR WRITINGS.

DEFINITIONS
IN
POLITICAL ECONOMY,
PRECEDED BY
AN INQUIRY INTO THE RULES WHICH OUGHT TO GUIDE POLITICAL ECONOMISTS IN THE DEFINITION AND USE OF THEIR TERMS;
WITH REMARKS
ON THE DEVIATION FROM THESE RULES IN THEIR WRITINGS.