Some Aspects of the Inequality of Incomes in Modern Communities.

Abstract

Part 1 Some Ethical Aspects of the Inequality of IncomesChapter 1 Economic Contrasts and the Modern SpiritChapter 2 Economic Welfare and the Inequality of IncomesChapter 3 Justice and the Inequality of IncomesPart 2 The Historical Development of the Theory of DistributionChapter 1 The Use and Abuse of the Historical Method in the Study of Economic TheoryChapter 2 First Period: Before 1776Chapter 3 Second Period: 1776-1817Chapter 4 Third Period: 1817-1848Chapter 5 Fourth Period 1848-1871Chapter 6 Fifth Period: 1871-1890Chapter 7 Sixth Period: 1890-1911Chapter 8 Seventh Period: 1911-1918Part 3 The Division of Income Between CategoriesChapter 1 Absolute and Relative SharesChapter 2 The Meaning of IncomeChapter 3 The Sources of IncomeChapter 4 Aggregate Income from Civil Rights and From Private GiftsChapter 5 The Division of Income Between a Number of Factors of ProductionNote to Chapter 5: The Conception of Elasticity of Demand and SupplyChapter 6 The Division of Income Between Workers and Property OwnersNote to Chapter 6: Statistics Bearing on the Division Between Workers and Property OwnersChapter 7 The Effects of InventionsChapter 8 The Effects of Changes in the Character of Consumers' DemandChapter 9 The Share of the LandownerChapter 10 Changes in the Relative Importance of Different IndustriesChapter 11 CategoriesPart 4 The Division of Income Between PersonsChapter 1 The General Causes of the Inequality of Individual IncomesChapter 2 Inequality of Incomes from Civil Rights and Private GiftsChapter 3 Inequality of Incomes from WorkChapter 4 Inequality of Incomes From PropertyChapter 5 Inequality and Inherited WealthChapter 6 The Comparative Non-Fiscal Law of the Inheritance of WealthChapter 7 The Comparative Effects of the Non-Fiscal Law of InheritanceChapter 8 The Comparative Effects of Custom Within the Limits of the Non-Fiscal LawChapter 9 The Comparative Fiscal Law of Inheritance and its Comparative EffectsChapter 10 Some Suggestions For the Reform of the Law of InheritanceNote to Chapter 10: Inheritance and Life InsuranceChapter 11 Some Final Considerations on the Inequality of Incomes