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Principles of Economics, Book 4: The Agents of Production

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Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the book in 1881, and he spent much of the next decade at work on it.

His plan for the work gradually extended to a two-volume compilation on the whole of economic thought; the first volume was published in 1890 to worldwide acclaim that established him as one of the leading economists of his time. It brought the ideas of supply and demand, of marginal utility and of the costs of production into a coherent whole, and became the dominant economic textbook in England for a long period. The second volume, which was to address foreign trade, money, trade fluctuations, taxation, and collectivism, was never published at all. (Summary from Wikipedia)

This reading is based on the eighth edition, published in 1920. (7 hr 39 min)

Chapters

Introductory

13:57

Read by Carl Manchester

The Fertility of Land

12:10

Read by Sibella Denton

The Fertility of Land, continued

1:09:00

Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010)

The Growth of Population

1:10:32

Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010)

The Health and Strength of the Population

15:57

Read by Sibella Denton

Industrial Training

45:06

Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010)

The Growth of Wealth

54:00

Read by Mark Nelson

Industrial Organisation

20:29

Read by Sibella Denton

Industrial Organisation, continued: Division of Labour, The Influence of Machin…

29:11

Read by Sibella Denton

Industrial Organisation, continued: The Concentration of Specialised Industries

22:02

Read by timallenpro2000

Industrial Organisation, continued: Production on a Large Scale

31:40

Read by Mark Nelson

Industrial Organisation, continued: Business Management

57:46

Read by Claude Banta

Conclusion

17:36

Read by Sibella Denton