TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marshall, Alfred
TI  - Principles of economics
SN  - 9788126914067 (set)
U1  - 330 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Atlantic
KW  - Economics
KW  - Theory and Principles
KW  - Production Economics
KW  - Demand and Supply
KW  - General Theory
N1  -  Introduction by R.N. Ghosh; 
Volume I

Book I: Preliminary Survey
The substance of economics; 
Economic generalizations of laws; 
The order and aims of economic studies

Book II: Some Fundamental Notions
Wealth;
Production, consumption, labour, necessaries;
Income, capital;

Book III: On Wants and their Satisfaction
Wants in relation to activities;
Gradations of consumer's demand;
The elasticity of wants;
Choice between different users of the same thing: immediate and deferred uses;
Value and utility.

Book IV: The Agents of Production. Land, Labour, Capital and Organization
The fertility of land;
The fertility of land, continued. The tendency of diminishing return;
The growth of population;
The health and strength of the population;
Industrial training;
The growth of wealth;
Industrial Organization.

Book V: General Relations of Demand, Supply, and Value
Temporary equilibrium of demand and supply;
Equilibrium of normal demand and supply;
The investment and distribution of resources;
Joint and composite demand, joint composite supply;
Prime and total cost in relation to joint products, cost of marketing, insurance against risk, cost of reproduction;
Marginal costs in relation to values, general principles;
Marginal costs in relation to agricultural values;
Marginal costs in relation to urban values;
Equilibrium of normal demand and supply;
Theory of changes of normal demand and supply in relation to the doctrine of maximum satisfaction;
The theories of monopolies;
Summary of the general theory of equilibrium of demand and supply.






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