| Preface | ix |
| Introduction | xiii |
Part 1 | Foundations of Economics | 1 |
Chapter I | Agnosticism | 5 |
Section 15 |
1.1 | What is good and what is not good? | |
1.2 | The autonomy of the will from God | |
Section 211 |
2.1 | The Creator as a noumenon and not a phenomenon | |
2.2 | The conjectural nature of metaphysics | |
2.3 | The definition of the term "transcendental" | |
Chapter II | Epistemology | 17 |
Section 317 |
3.1 | The three senses of the term "truth" | |
3.2 | The intension of a definition or alternative | |
Section 423 |
4.1 | Linguistics and rhetoric in theoretical writing | |
4.2 | The definition of the term "abstract" | |
4.3 | A three-term system of formal logic | |
Section 541 |
5.1 | Methods of analytic deduction and proof | |
5.2 | The possibility of synthetic a prior knowledge | |
5.3 | General theories and universality | |
5.4 | Extension in the three senses of truth | |
Chapter III | Rationality | 53 |
Section 653 |
6.1 | Empirical observation in economic theories | |
6.2 | Empirical observation in ethical theories | |
Section 759 |
7.1 | Reinforcement of generally accepted ethical theories | |
7.2 | Basis for the acceptance of ethical theories | |
Section 863 |
8.1 | Difficulties in the application of economics and ethics | |
8.2 | Ignorance of the intellect and freedom of the will | |
8.3 | The definition of the term "rational" | |
Part 2 | Economic Theory | 69 |
Chapter IV | Price and Stock | 73 |
Section 973 |
9.1 | The definition of the term "marginal utility" | |
9.2 | The definitions of "use" and "exchange" value | |
9.3 | The effect of exchange-value on marginal utility | |
9.4 | The relation between wealth and happiness | |
| Section 10 | 80 |
10.1 | The definition of the term "liquidity" | |
10.2 | The value of complementary phenomena | |
Section 1188 |
11.1 | Indifference between a phenomenon and money | |
11.2 | The interaction of stock and demand | |
11.3 | Analysis of the demand distribution | |
Section 12117 |
12.1 | The definition of the term "saturation" | |
12.2 | The effects of collusions meant to fix stock | |
Section 13137 |
13.1 | The Law of Price Adjustment | |
13.2 | Critique of the sticky-price paradigm | |
13.3 | The definition of the term "rent" | |
Chapter V | Money and Credit | 153 |
Section 14153 |
14.1 | Introductory remarks on the spectrum of liquidity | |
14.2 | The relation between rent and the interest rate | |
14.3 | The effect of government spending on national wealth | |
Section 15171 |
15.1 | The definition of the term "money certificate" | |
15.2 | The definitions of "fiduciary" and "credit" money | |
15.3 | The limit on the issue of money certificates | |
15.4 | The possibility of alliances among banks | |
Section 16186 |
16.1 | The establishment of a central bank | |
16.2 | Canceling credit money with fiduciary money | |
16.3 | The operation of a central bank system | |
16.4 | Central banking in import-dependent countries | |
Appendix A | Alternative Distributions for First-Unit Demand | 213 |
Appendix B | BASIC Program Listing | 225 |
Appendix C | Software Manual for Economic Construction Set | 231 |
| Index | 273 |