Chapter I

.—The inquiry narrowed to the laws of

distribution—necessary relation of these laws 153

II.—Rent and the law of rent 165

III.—Interest and the cause of interest 173

IV.—Of spurious capital and of profits often mistaken for interest 189

V.—The law of interest 195

VI.—Wages and the law of wages 204

VII.—Correlation and co-ordination of these laws 217

VIII.—The statics of the problem thus explained 219

## BOOK IV.—EFFECT OF MATERIAL PROGRESS UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.

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