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Economic Principles

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Author
Frank A. Fetter
First published
1915
Format
PDF, EPUB, and MOBI
Pages
532
ISBN
9781610160186
Publisher
NY: Century, 1915. Print on Demand
License
Believed to be in the public domain by publication date; not independently confirmed.

Austrian theory & method The state & socialism

Finding this gem took some doing, but the Mises Institute is pleased to bring Frank Fetter's fabulous Economic Principles back in print.

At a time when many economists were warming to the notion of central planning, Fetter worked to present general economic forces at work in all times and all places. It was the great American economic treatise, and it still holds up after all these years. The date of publication is 1915. It is a massive book at 530 pages.

Recall that Fetter is the thinker who upheld the time-preference theory of interest, someone whose writing Rothbard had interest in. He certainly stands with the Austrians in the broadest sense.

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Is Economic Principles free to download?
Yes. The complete 532-page PDF, EPUB, and MOBI downloads directly from this page (22.4 MB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
How long is Economic Principles?
532 pages, 42 chapters, and about 169,313 words in the edition this archive serves.
Who wrote Economic Principles?
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

42 chapters · 169,313 words · free to read here

  1. Front Matter
  2. Foreword
  3. CHAPTER 1 PURPOSE AND NATURE OF ECONOMICS
  4. CHAPTER 2 CHOICE AND VALUE
  5. CHAPTER 3 GOODS AND PSYCHIC INCOME
  6. CHAPTER 4 PRINCIPLES OF EVALUATION
  7. CHAPTER 5 TRADE BY BARTER
  8. CHAPTER 6 MONEY AND MARKETS
  9. CHAPTER 7 PRINCIPLES OF PRICE
  10. CHAPTER 8 COMPETITION AND MONOPOLY
  11. CHAPTER 9 AGENTS FOR CHANGING STUFF AND FORM
  12. CHAPTER 10 AGENTS FOR EFFECTING CHANGES OF PLACE AND TIME
  13. CHAPTER 11 CONSUMPTION AND DURATION
  14. CHAPTER 12 THE PRINCIPLE OF PROPORTIONALITY
  15. CHAPTER 13 THE CONCEPT OF USANCE-VALUE
  16. CHAPTER 14 THE RENTING CONTRACT
  17. CHAPTER 15 PRINCIPLES OF RENT
  18. CHAPTER 16 HUMAN BEINGS AND THEIR ECONOMIC SERVICES
  19. CHAPTER 17 CONDITIONS FOR EFFICIENT LABOR
  20. CHAPTER 18 THE VALUE OF LABOR AND THE CHOICE OF OCCUPATIONS
  21. CHAPTER 19 PRINCIPLES OF WAGES
  22. CHAPTER 20 TIME-PREFERENCE
  23. CHAPTER 21 RATE OF TIME-PREFERENCE
  24. CHAPTER 22 MONEY AND CAPITALIZATION
  25. CHAPTER 23 CAPITALIZATION OF MONETARY INCOMES
  26. CHAPTER 24 SAYING AND BORROWING
  27. CHAPTER 25 CAPITALIZATION AND INTEREST
  28. CHAPTER 26 ENTERPRISE
  29. CHAPTER 27 MANAGEMENT
  30. CHAPTER 28 PROFITS AND COSTS
  31. CHAPTER 29 VARIOUS SHADES OF PROFITS
  32. CHAPTER 30 COSTS AND COMPETITIVE PRICES
  33. CHAPTER 31 MONOPOLY-PRICES; LARGE PRODUCTION
  34. CHAPTER 32 THE PROBLEM OF POPULATION
  35. CHAPTER 33 VOLITIONAL DOCTRINE OF POPULATION
  36. CHAPTER 34 DECREASING AND INCREASING RETURNS
  37. CHAPTER 35 BASIC MATERIAL RESOURCES: THEIR USE, CONSUMPTION, AND CONSERVATION
  38. CHAPTER 36 MACHINERY AND WAGES
  39. CHAPTER 37 WASTE AND LUXURY
  40. CHAPTER 38 ABSTINENCE AND PRODUCTION
  41. CHAPTER 39 VALUE THEORY AND SOCIAL WELFARE
  42. Index
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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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