Principles of Political Economy with Applications to Social Philosophy (1848) - Page 15


§ 1.	Introductory remarks	247
2.	Tendency of the progress of society toward increased command over the powers of nature, increased security, and increased capacity for cooperation	248


§ 1.	Tendency toward a decline in the value and cost of production of all commodities	253
2.	Except for the products of agriculture and mining, which have a tendency to rise	256
3.	That tendency is from time to time counteracted by improvements in production	258
4.	Effect of the progress of society in moderating fluctuations of value	259
5.	Examination of the influence of speculators, and in particular of corn dealers	261


§ 1.	First case: population increasing, capital stationary	266
2.	Second case: capital increasing, population stationary	270
3.	Third case: population and capital increasing equally, the arts of production stationary	271
4.	Fourth case: the arts of production progressive, capital and population stationary	273
5.	Fifth case: all three elements progressive	280