Marshall Alfred. Principles of Economics

8th Ed. — Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. — xxviii+731 p.Alfred Marshall, Principles of Economics (1890) – Founder of Modern (Neo-classical) Economics. His book Principles of Economics was the dominant textbook in economics for a long time and it is considered to be his seminal work.Preliminary Survey.The Substance of Economics.
Economic Generalizations or Laws.
The Order and Aims of Economic Studies.
Some Fundamental Notions.
Introductory.
Wealth.
Production. Consumption. Labour. Necessaries.
Income. Capital.
On Wants and Their Satisfaction.
Introductory.
Wants In Relation To Activities.
Gradations Of Consumers' Demand.
The Elasticity of Wants.
Choice Between Different Uses of the Same Thing. Immediate and Deferred Uses.
Value and Utility.
The Agents of Production. Land, Labour, Capital and Organization.
Introductory.
The Fertility of Land.
The Fertility of Land, Continued. The Tendency To Diminishing Return.
The Growth of Population.
The Health and Strength of the Population.
Industrial Training.
The Growth of Wealth.
Industrial Organization.
Industrial Organization, Continued. Division of Labour. The Influence of Machinery.
Industrial Organization, Continued. The Concentration of Specialized Industries in Particular Localities.
Industrial Organization, Continued. Production on a Large Scale.
Industrial Organization, Continued. Business Management.
Conclusion. Correlation of the Tendencies To Increasing and To Diminishing Return.
General Relations of Demand, Supply, and Value.
Introductory. On Markets.
Temporary Equilibrium of Demand and Supply.
Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply.
The Investment and Distribution of Resources.
Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply, Continued, With Reference To Long and Short Periods.
Joint and Composite Demand. Joint and Composite Supply.
Prime and Total Cost in Relation To Joint Products. Cost of Marketing. Insurance Against Risk. Cost of Reproduction.
Marginal Costs in Relation To Values. General Principles.
Marginal Costs in Relation To Values. General Principles, Continued.
Marginal Costs in Relation To Agricultural Values.
Marginal Costs in Relation To Urban Values.
Equilibrium of Normal Demand and Supply, Continued, With Reference To the Law of Increasing Return.
Theory of Changes of Normal Demand and Supply in Relation To the Doctrine of Maximum Satisfaction.
The Theory of Monopolies.
Summary of the General Theory of Equilibrium of Demand and Supply.
The Distribution of National Income.
Preliminary Survey of Distribution.
Preliminary Survey of Distribution, Continued.
Earnings of Labour.
Earnings of Labour, Continued.
Earnings of Labour, Continued.
Interest of Capital.
Profits of Capital and Business Power.
Profits of Capital and Business Power, Continued.
Rent of Land.
Land Tenure.
General View of Distribution.
General Influences of Economic Progress.
Progress in Relation To Standards of Life.The Growth of Free Industry and Enterprise.
The Growth of Economic Science.
The Scope and Method of Economics.
Uses of Abstract Reasoning in Economics.
Definitions of Capital.
Barter.
The Incidence of Local Rates, With Some Suggestions As To Policy.
Limitations of the Use of Statical Assumptions in Regard To Increasing Return.
Ricardo's Theory of Value.
The Doctrine of the Wages-Fund.
Certain Kinds of Surplus.
Ricardo's Doctrine As To Taxes and Improvements in Agriculture.
Mathematical Appendix