- •A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
- •Frank A. Fetter, Capital, Interest, and Rent [1897]
- •The Online Library of Liberty Collection
- •Edition used:
- •About this title:
- •About Liberty Fund:
- •Copyright information:
- •Fair use statement:
- •Table of Contents
- •PREFACE
- •Introduction
- •BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- •Part 1
- •The Theory of Capital
- •Review of F. W. Taussig, Wages and Capital: An Examination of the Wages Fund Doctrine
- •Recent Discussion of the Capital Concept
- •BÖHM-BAWERK
- •J. B. CLARK
- •Irving Fisher.
- •PRIVATE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL: AN ILLOGICAL DISTINCTION
- •CAPITAL AS PRODUCT: THE LABOR-VALUE FALLACY
- •A RESTATEMENT OF THE CAPITAL CONCEPT.
- •NOTES
- •The Next Decade of Economic Theory
- •EPOCH OF THE UTILITY VALUE DISCUSSION.
- •SOME RESULTS OF THE VALUE DISCUSSION.
- •THE CHANGING VIEW OF THE FACTOR CAPITAL.
- •THE CHANGING CONCEPT OF RENT.
- •THE PRACTICAL NEED OF NEW CONCEPTS.
- •STAGES OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND CORRESPONDING CAPITAL CONCEPTS.
- •THE SCARCITY FACTOR THEN AND NOW.
- •SOME PROPOSITIONS.
- •RESTATEMENT OF THE OBJECTS OF THIS PAPER.
- •Review of Böhm-Bawerk, Capital und Capitalzins
- •Review of Böhm-Bawerk, Positive Theorie des Capitals
- •The Nature of Capital and Income
- •NOTES
- •Are Savings Income? —Discussion
- •Clark's Reformulation of the Capital Concept
- •STATEMENT OF CLARK'S DOCTRINE
- •POSSIBLE SOURCES; THE AMERICAN TRADITION
- •TRACES OF GERMAN ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY
- •EFFECTS OF THE SINGLE TAX AGITATION
- •THE MORE CONSERVATIVE VIEWS
- •MARSHALL'S ECLECTIC CAPITAL CONCEPT
- •THE YALE ECONOMISTS
- •OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OPINIONS
- •CLARK'S MESSAGE STILL VITAL
- •NOTES
- •Capital
- •Reformulation of the Concepts of Capital and Income in Economics and Accounting
- •NOTES
- •Part 2:
- •THE THEORY OF INTEREST
- •The “Roundabout Process” in the Interest Theory
- •THE NATURE OF THE INTEREST PROBLEM.
- •FAILURE OF THE ARGUMENT TO IDENTIFY INCREASE OF CAPITAL AND ROUNDABOUTNESS.
- •FUTILITY OF THE CONCEPT OF AN “AVERAGE PRODUCTION PERIOD.”
- •THE CAPITAL CONCEPT AS THE SOURCE OF ERROR.
- •RELATION OF ROUNDABOUTNESS TO THE OTHER GROUNDS FOR THE HIGHER VALUATION OF PRESENT GOODS.
- •THE WEAKNESS OF PRODUCTIVITY THEORIES.
- •RELATION OF TECHNICAL PRODUCTIVITY TO THEORIES OF INTEREST.
- •NOTES
- •The Relations between Rent and Interest
- •PART I.
- •NEGATIVE CRITICISM OF THE CONVENTIONAL RENT AND INTEREST CONCEPTS
- •PART II.
- •EXCLUSION OF TWO POSSIBLE FORMAL SOLUTIONS OF THE INCONSISTENCIES
- •PART III.
- •POSITIVE SOLUTION OF THE THEORETICAL PROBLEM OF RENT AND INTEREST
- •DISCUSSION
- •NOTES
- •Interest Theories, Old and New
- •PROFESSOR IRVING FISHER AS A PRODUCTIVITY THEORIST
- •ORIGIN OF THE CAPITALIZATION THEORY
- •POSITIVE STATEMENT OF THE CAPITALIZATION THEORY
- •SOME DIFFICULTIES IN FISHER'S IMPATIENCE THEORY
- •THE CAPITAL CONCEPT IN THE INTEREST THEORY
- •THE SAME DIFFICULTIES AGAIN
- •SUMMARY
- •NOTES
- •Capitalization versus Productivity: Rejoinder
- •Interest Theory and Price Movements
- •PART I.
- •HISTORICAL STAGES IN THE CONCEPTION OF THE INTEREST PROBLEM
- •PART II.
- •TIME-VALUATION AND THE CAPITALIZATION THEORY
- •PART III.
- •INTEREST RATES AND SOME PROBLEMS OF GENERAL PRICE CHANGES
- •NOTES
- •PART 3:
- •THE THEORY OF RENT
- •The Passing of the Old Rent Concept
- •THE LAND CONCEPT.
- •EXTENSION AS THE FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTE OF LAND AND THE BASIS OF RENT.
- •TIME AS THE GROUND OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN RENT AND INTEREST.
- •RENT AS A GENERAL SURPLUS.
- •EXAMINATION OF THE DOCTRINE THAT RENT DOES NOT ENTER INTO MONEY COST OF PRODUCTION, PRELIMINARY TO THE STUDY OF QUASI-RENTS.
- •THE NO-COST CONCEPT OF RENT.
- •REVIEW AND CONCLUSION.
- •NOTES
- •Landed Property as an Economic Concept and as a Field for Research— Discussion
- •NOTES
- •Comment on Rent under Increasing Returns
- •Rent
- •BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FRANK ALBERT FETTER
- •BOOKS
- •TESTIMONY
- •ADDRESSES
- •REVIEW ARTICLES
- •ARTICLES
- •BOOK REVIEWS
The Online Library of Liberty
A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc.
Frank A. Fetter, Capital, Interest, and Rent [1897]
The Online Library Of Liberty Collection
This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.
It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, or to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), please visit the OLL web site. This title is also part of the Portable Library of Liberty DVD which contains over 900 books and other material and is available free of charge upon request.
The cuneiform inscription that appears in the logo and serves as a design element in all Liberty Fund books and Web sites is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
To find out more about Liberty Fund, Inc., or the Online Library of Liberty Project, please contact the Director at oll@libertyfund.org.
LIBERTY FUND, INC.
8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300
Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684
Online Library of Liberty: Capital, Interest, and Rent
Edition Used:
Capital, Interest, and Rent: Essays in the Theory of Distribution, ed. with an Introduction by Murray N. Rothbard (Kansas City: Sheed Andrews and McMeel, 1977).
Author: Frank A. Fetter
Editor: Murray N. Rothbard
About This Title:
Rothbard has collected Fetter’s journal articles and book reviews from the period 1897 to 1937 which cover the general topics of capital, interest, and rent.
PLL v4 (generated January 6, 2009) |
2 |
http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/88 |
Online Library of Liberty: Capital, Interest, and Rent
About Liberty Fund:
Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.
Copyright Information:
This work is copyrighted by the Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, and is put online with their permission.
Fair Use Statement:
This material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit.
PLL v4 (generated January 6, 2009) |
3 |
http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/88 |
Online Library of Liberty: Capital, Interest, and Rent
Table Of Contents
Murray N. Rothbard, Preface Murray N. Rothbard, Introduction Part 1: The Theory of Capital
Review of F. W. Taussig, Wages and Capital: an Examination of the Wages Fund Doctrine (1897)
Recent Discussion of the Capital Concept (1900) The Next Decade of Economic Theory (1901)
Review of Böhm-bawerk, Capital Und Capitalzins (1901)
Review of Böhm-bawerk, Einige Strittige Fragen Der Capitalstheorie (1902) Review of Böhm-bawerk, Positive Theorie Des Capitals (1902)
The Nature of Capital and Income (1907)
Are Savings Income? —discussion (1908)
Clark's Reformulation of the Capital Concept (1927) Capital (1930-35)
Reformulation of the Concepts of Capital and Income In Economics and Accounting (1937)
Part 2:: The Theory of Interest
The “roundabout Process” In the Interest Theory (1902) The Relations Between Rent and Interest (1904)
Review of Gustav Cassel, the Nature and Necessity of Interest, and Eugen Von Böhm-bawerk,recent Literature On Interest (1905)
Interest Theories, Old and New (1914) Capitalization Versus Productivity: Rejoinder (1914) Interest Theory and Price Movements (1927)
Part 3:: The Theory of Rent
The Passing of the Old Rent Concept (1901)
Landed Property As an Economic Concept and As a Field For Research— Discussion (1917)
Comment On Rent Under Increasing Returns (1930) Rent (1930-35)
PLL v4 (generated January 6, 2009) |
4 |
http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/88 |