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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Rural Health and Welfare by George Thompson Fairchild
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The Rural Science Series
Edited by L. H. Bailey
Rural Wealth and Welfare
Economic Principles Illustrated and Applied in Farm Life
By
Geo. T. Fairchild, LL.D.
New York
The MacMillan Company
London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd.
1900
Contents
- Dedication
- Preface.
- Introduction. General Welfare.
- Part I. Productive Industries: Analysis of Aims, Forces, Means and Methods.
- Chapter I. Aims Of Industry.
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Chapter II. Forces In Production Of Wealth.Chapter III. Labor Defined And Classified. Chapter IV. Capital Defined And Classified. Chapter V. Personal Attainments. Chapter VI. Combination Of Forces For Individual Efficiency. Chapter VII. Methods Of Association. Chapter VIII. Exchange: Advantages, Limitations And Tendencies. Chapter IX. Value The Basis Of Exchange. Chapter X. Exchange—Its Machinery. Chapter XI. Banks And Banking. Chapter XII. Deferred Settlement And Credit Expansion. Chapter XIII. Technical Division Of Labor. Chapter XIV. Aggregation Of Industry. Chapter XV. Special Incentives To Production. Chapter XVI. Business Security. Part II. Distribution of Wealth for Welfare. Chapter XVII. General Principles Of Fair Distribution. Chapter XVIII. Wages And Profits. Chapter XIX. Conflict Between Wage-Earners And Profit-Makers.
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@32158@[email protected]#toc49" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Chapter XX. Proceeds Of Capital: Interest And Rent.Chapter XXI. Principles Of Interest. Chapter XXII. Principles Of Land Rent. Part III. Consumption of Wealth. Chapter XXIII. Wealth Used By Individuals. Chapter XXIV. Prudent Consumption. Chapter XXV. Imprudent Consumption. Chapter XXVI. Social Organization For Consumption. Chapter XXVII. Economic Functions Of Government. Chapter XXVIII. Economic Machinery Of Government. Conclusion. Index. Advertisements.