Chapter I

. Influence Of The Progress Of Industry And Population On

Values And Prices. § 1. Tendency of the progress of society toward increased Command over the powers of Nature; increased Security, and increased Capacity of Co-Operation. § 2. Tendency to a Decline of the Value and Cost of Production of all Commodities. § 3. —except the products of Agriculture and Mining, which have a tendency to Rise. § 4. —that tendency from time to time Counteracted by Improvements in Production. § 5. Effect of the Progress of Society in moderating fluctuations of Value.

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