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First published 1948

Wealth: A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Welfare

by Edwin Cannan

Staples Press, New York, 1948320 pagesUpdated May 15, 2010

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Author
Edwin Cannan
First published
1948
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PDF, EPUB, and Kindle
Pages
320
Publisher
Staples Press, New York
License
Believed to be in the public domain: this work was published in the 1932-1963 window when US copyright had to be renewed after 28 years, and no renewal was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. Not independently confirmed.

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Edwin Cannan Wealth

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320 pages, 19 chapters, and about 79,283 words in the edition this archive serves.
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Believed so. US works published between 1932 and 1963 kept copyright past 28 years only if someone filed a renewal, and no renewal for this work was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. That is a search result rather than a legal opinion: a renewal filed under a shortened title or a different claimant would not have been found. Some copies carry a rights notice, which records the original claim and does not extend a term that lapsed.
Who wrote Wealth: A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Welfare?
Edwin Cannan (1861–1935) was a British economist and historian of economic thought. He taught at the London School of Economics, where he served as chairman for many years. This archive holds 2 of Cannan's works.

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19 chapters · 79,283 words · free to read here

  1. Preface to the Third Edition
  2. Synopsis
  3. Chapter I. The Fundamental Conditions of Wealth
  4. Chapter II. Co-operation. or Combination of Division of Labour
  5. Chapter III. Population
  6. Chapter IV. The Social Order
  7. Chapter V. Money
  8. Chapter VI. The Controlling Power of Demand
  9. Chapter VII. The Control of Provision for the Future
  10. Chapter VIII. Continuous Power to Demand, or Income
  11. Chapter IX. The Classification of Incomes
  12. Chapter X. The Division of Income Between Owners and Workers
  13. Chapter XI. Incomes from Ownership of Property
  14. Chapter XII. Incomes From Work
  15. Chapter XIII. The Relation Between Individual Income and Individual Wealth
  16. Chapter XIV. Trade Between Countries
  17. Chapter XV. The Wealth of the Inhabitatns of Different Territories
  18. Index
  19. About this edition

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Edwin Cannan 1861–1935

Edwin Cannan (1861–1935) was a British economist and historian of economic thought. He taught at the London School of Economics, where he served as chairman for many years. Read more about Edwin Cannan.

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