Elements of EconomicsWith Special Reference to American Conditions

Henry Reed Burch and Scott Nearing

[1913]

SELECT CHAPTERS FROM THE BOOK:

• Title Page
• Preface
• Contents
• Introduction

PART I: ECONOMICS IDEALS

• Chapter 1:
  The Goal of Economic Endeavor

PART II: CONSUMPTION OF WEALTH

• Chapter 4:
  The Problem of the Standard of Living

PART III: THE PRODUCTION OF WEALTH

• Chapter 6:
  Natural Resources of the United States
• Chapter 10:
  American Labor
• Chapter 15:
  Capital
• Chapter 16:
  The Social Surplus

PART IV: EXCHANGE OF WEALTH

• Chapter 26:
  Value and Price
• Chapter 31:
  Taxation

PART V: THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH

• Chapter 32:
  Preliminary Survey of Distribution
• Chapter 33:
  The Theory of Rent
• Chapter 34:
  The Theory of Interest
• Chapter 36:
  The Theory of Wages
• Chapter 37:
  The Outlook for Distribution

PART VI: ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS AND PROGRAMS

• Chapter 41:
  Programs of Socialization
• Chapter 42:
  Social and Economic Progress