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First published 1978

Capital, Interest, and Rent: Essays in the Theory of Distribution

Capital, Interest, and Rent: Essays in the Theory of Distribution by Frank A. Fetter is available as a free PDF and EPUB download at freecapitalists.org.

Author
Frank A. Fetter
First published
1978
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
410
ISBN
9781610160155
License
Published here by permission. The work itself reserves all rights; it is not Creative Commons.

Austrian theory & method

Frank Fetter of Princeton University was one of the great American Austrians, and perhaps the most lucid defender of the "pure time preference" theory of interest in the history of economic ideas.

Rothbard learned from him, and then collected his best work into a single volume that works as a reader on the Austrian theory of capital and interest. If we are tempted to think of the Austrian perspective as a tiny minority within the profession, this volume shows that the situation has always been more complex. Fetter was not an Austrian from beginning to end, but on this topic, no one wrote with more conviction and explanatory power.

The English is beautiful, and logic is rigorous. With this reprint, Fetter again has a voice.

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410 pages, 26 chapters, and about 134,768 words in the edition this archive serves.
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No. This edition is published here by permission and the work itself reserves all rights. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
Who wrote Capital, Interest, and Rent: Essays in the Theory of Distribution?
Frank Albert Fetter (1863–1949) was the leader in the United States of the early Austrian School of economics. Born in rural Indiana, Fetter graduated from the University of Indiana in 1891. This archive holds 4 of Fetter's works.

What's in it

6 chapters · 134,768 words · page numbers are this file's

  1. Prefacep. 6
  2. Introductionp. 10
  3. Biographical Notep. 33
  4. The Theory of Capitalp. 34
  5. The Theory of Interestp. 180
  6. The Theory of Rentp. 326
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Frank A. Fetter 1863–1949

Frank Albert Fetter (1863–1949) was the leader in the United States of the early Austrian School of economics. Born in rural Indiana, Fetter graduated from the University of Indiana in 1891. Read more about Frank A. Fetter.

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