ABSTRACT

Divided into four parts, the book is structured as follows:
Part 1: Examines the extent to which the inequality of incomes is guided by ethical principles.
Part 2: Illustrates the growth of the theory of distribution in the hands of successive generations of economists.
Part 3: Develops the theory on the subject of the division of income between categories.
Part 4: Looks at the division of income between people and the causes of that inequality, paying particular attention to the factor of inherited wealth.

part I|29 pages

Some Ethical Aspects of the Inequality of Incomes.

part II|125 pages

The Historical Development of the Theory of Distribution.

chapter 2|3 pages

First Period : Before 1776.

chapter 3|10 pages

Second Period : 1776–1817.

chapter 4|11 pages

Third Period : 1817–1848.

chapter 5|25 pages

Fourth Period: 1848–1871.

chapter 6|20 pages

Fifth Period: 1871–1890.

chapter 7|36 pages

Sixth Period: 1890–1911.

chapter 8|14 pages

Seventh Period: 1911–1918.

part III|80 pages

The Division of Income Between Categories.

chapter 1|3 pages

Absolute and Relative Shares.

chapter 2|10 pages

The Meaning of Income.

chapter 3|8 pages

The Sources of Income.

chapter III|3 pages

Note

chapter 7|8 pages

The Effects of Inventions.

chapter 9|8 pages

The Share of the Landowner.

chapter 11|2 pages

Categories and Persons.

part IV|117 pages

The Division of Income Between Persons.

chapter 3|19 pages

Inequality of Incomes from Work.

chapter 4|10 pages

Inequality of Incomes from Property.

chapter 5|6 pages

Inequality and Inherited Wealth.

chapter IV|2 pages

Note