Table of Contents
Introduction to the 2006 Edition--Paul Krugman * BOOK 1: INTRODUCTION * The General Theory * The Postulates of the Classical Economics * The Principle of Effective Demand * BOOK 2: DEFINITIONS AND IDEAS * The Choice of Units * Expectation as Determining Output and Employment * The Definition of Income, Saving and Investment * The Meaning of Saving and Investment Further Considered * BOOK 3: THE PROPENSITY TO CONSUME * The Propensity to Consume: I. The Objective Factors * The Propensity to Consume: II. The Subjective Factors * The Marginal Propensity to Consume and the Multiplier * BOOK 4: THE INDUCEMENT TO INVEST * The Marginal Efficiency of Capital * The State of Long-term Expectation * The General Theory of the Rate of Interest * The Classical Theory of the Rate of Interest * The Psychological and Business Incentives to Liquidity * Sundry Observations on the Nature of Capital * The Essential Properties of Interest and Money * The General Theory of Employment Re-stated * BOOK 5: MONEY-WAGES AND PRICES * Changes in Money-Wages * The Employment Function * The Theory of Prices * BOOK 6: SHORT NOTES SUGGESTED BY THE GENERAL THEORY * Notes on the Trade Cycle * Notes on Mercantilism, The Usury Laws, Stamped Money and Theories of Under-consumption * Concluding Notes on the Social Philosophy towards which the General Theory Might Lead
Introduction to the 2006 Edition--Paul Krugman * BOOK 1: INTRODUCTION * The General Theory * The Postulates of the Classical Economics * The Principle of Effective Demand * BOOK 2: DEFINITIONS AND IDEAS * The Choice of Units * Expectation as Determining Output and Employment * The Definition of Income, Savingand Investment * The Meaning of Saving and Investment Further Considered * BOOK 3: THE PROPENSITY TO CONSUME * The Propensity to Consume: I. The Objective Factors * The Propensity to Consume: II. The Subjective Factors * The Marginal Propensity to Consume and the Multiplier * BOOK 4: THE INDUCEMENT TO INVEST * The Marginal Efficiency of Capital * The State of Long-term Expectation * The General Theory of the Rate of Interest * The Classical Theory of the Rate of Interest * The Psychological and Business Incentives to Liquidity * Sundry Observations on the Nature of Capital * The Essential Properties of Interest and Money * The General Theory of Employment Re-stated * BOOK 5: MONEY-WAGES AND PRICES * Changes in Money-Wages * The Employment Function * The Theory of Prices * BOOK 6: SHORT NOTES SUGGESTED BY THE GENERAL THEORY * Notes on the Trade Cycle * Notes on Mercantilism, The Usury Laws, Stamped Money and Theories of Under-consumption * Concluding Notes on the Social Philosophy towards which the General Theory Might Lead
