Chapter Of Rent, In Its Relation To Value.

Chapter III. Of Rent, In Its Relation To Value. § 1. Commodities which are susceptible of indefinite Multiplication, but not without increase of Cost. Law of their Value, Cost of Production in the most unfavorable existing circumstances. § 2. Such commodities, when Produced in circumstances more favorable, yield a Rent equal to the difference of Cost. § 3. Rent of Mines and Fisheries and ground-rent of Buildings, and cases of gain analogous to Rent. § 4. Résumé of the laws of value of each of the three classes of commodities.

Chapter Of Money.

Chapter IV. Of Money. § 1. The three functions of Money—a Common Denominator of Value, a Medium of Exchange, a “Standard of Value”. § 2. Gold and Silver, why fitted for those purposes. § 3. Money a mere contrivance for facilitating exchanges, which does not affect the laws of value.

Chapter Of The Value Of Money, As Dependent On Demand And Supply.

Chapter V. Of The Value Of Money, As Dependent On Demand And Supply. § 1. Value of Money, an ambiguous expression. § 2. The Value of Money depends on its quantity. § 3. —Together with the Rapidity of Circulation. § 4. Explanations and Limitations of this Principle.

Chapter Of The Value Of Money, As Dependent On Cost Of Production.

Chapter VI. Of The Value Of Money, As Dependent On Cost Of Production. § 1. The value of Money, in a state of Freedom, conforms to the value of the Bullion contained in it. § 2. —Which is determined by the cost of production. § 3. This law, how related to the principle laid down in the preceding chapter.

Chapter Of A Double Standard And Subsidiary Coins.

Chapter VII. Of A Double Standard And Subsidiary Coins. § 1. Objections to a Double Standard. § 2. The use of the two metals as money, and the management of Subsidiary Coins. § 3. The experience of the United States with a double standard from 1792 to 1883.

Chapter Of Credit, As A Substitute For Money.

Chapter VIII. Of Credit, As A Substitute For Money. § 1. Credit not a creation but a Transfer of the means of Production. § 2. In what manner it assists Production. § 3. Function of Credit in economizing the use of Money. § 4. Bills of Exchange. § 5. Promissory Notes. § 6. Deposits and Checks.

Chapter Influence Of Credit On Prices.

Chapter IX. Influence Of Credit On Prices. § 1. What acts on prices is Credit, in whatever shape given. § 2. Credit a purchasing Power, similar to Money. § 3. Great extensions and contractions of Credit. Phenomena of a commercial crisis analyzed. § 4. Influence of the different forms of Credit on Prices. § 5. On what the use of Credit depends. § 6. What is essential to the idea of Money?