Towards Economic Freedom

Résumé
Towards Economic Freedom (1937) presents the fundamentals of economics in their historical perspective, and reduces economic theory to its simplest terms. The common human need for food, clothing and shelter is evident to all, and the business of production and distribution should be available for study to all.

Contenu

Part 1. The Era of Physical Energy and Human Labour 1. Egypt, Sumer, Babylon: Corn and Gold 2. In Asiatic Lands, Judaea, India and China 3. In Greece; Freemen and Slaves 4. Rome: the World's Market 5. From the Dark Ages: Feudalism 6. Six Centuries of Agriculture 7. Six Centuries of Manufacture 8. A Chapter on Coinage and Taxation 9. Six Centuries of European Trade 10. The Artist in the Economic World 11. Money and Banking Before AD 1700 12. Production, Distribution and War Part 2. The Era of Solar Energy and Machine Labour 13. Fifty Significant Years (17501800) 14. The Industrial Revolution 15. Some Economic Theories and Theorists 16. Money in the Nineteenth Century 17. The Britain of Laisser-faire 18. The Coming of Electric Power 19. The Race for Foreign Markets 20. The Economic Side of the World War 21. The Post-War Years 22. Rationalisation 23. Boom, Slump, and the Trade Cycle 24. The Approach to the Age of Leisure