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Reisman's Program of Self-Education in the Economic Theory and Political Philosophy of Capitalism 2.0, on CDs, in mp3 format.

CAPITALISM:
A Treatise on Economics
by
George Reisman


The Clearest and Most Comprehensive Contemporary Defense of the Capitalist Economic System Available

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GEORGE REISMAN'S PROGRAM OF SELF- EDUCATION IN THE ECONOMIC THEORY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF CAPITALISM

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The Jefferson School of Philosophy, Economics, and Psychology Laguna Hills, California

Copyright © 1997 by George Reisman.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without written permission of the author.   Copies of this publication may be purchased from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to The Jefferson School of Philosophy, Economics, and Psychology, PO Box 2934, Laguna Hills, CA 92654. Fax: (949)-831-1783. E-mail: Jefferson_School@capitalism.net

CONTENTS

OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDING PRICING INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION TO THE PROGRAM v

THE SYLLABUS FOR THE PROGRAM PART 1

THE SYLLABUS FOR THE PROGRAM PART 2

SYLLABUS AND SYLLABUS SUPPLEMENTS FOR FIRST COURSE 25

SYLLABUS FOR FIRST COURSE 27

SUPPLEMENT 1  (From Nature and Value of Economics to Division of Labor) 31

SUPPLEMENT 2  (Dependence of the Division of Labor on the Institutions of Capitalism) 37

SUPPLEMENT 3  (Demand and Supply, Uniformity Principles, Prices and Costs) 39

SUPPLEMENT 4  (From The General Pricing of Goods and Services in Limited Supply
to The Tyranny of Socialism) 43

SUPPLEMENT 5  (The Influence of the Division of Labor on Private Ownership of
the Means of Production) 49

SUPPLEMENT 6  (The Influence of the Division of Labor on Economic Inequality
and Economic Competition) 53

SUPPLEMENT 7 (Monopoly Versus Freedom of Competition) 57

SUPPLEMENT 8  (The Productivity Theory of Wages Versus the Exploitation Theory) 63

SYLLABUS AND SYLLABUS  SUPPLEMENTS FOR SECOND COURSE 69

SYLLABUS FOR SECOND COURSE 71

SUPPLEMENT 1 (Money and Spending) 75

SUPPLEMENT 2 (Productionism and Say's Law) 79

SUPPLEMENT 3 (Unemployment and the Productivity Theory of Wages) 83

SUPPLEMENT 4  (Aggregate Production and Aggregate Spending, Saving and Demand) 89

SUPPLEMENT 5 (The Net--Consumption/Net--Investment Theory of Profit and Interest) 95

SUPPLEMENT 6 (Applications of the Net--Consumption/Invariable--Money Analysis) 99

SUPPLEMENT 7  (Exposition and Critique Of Keynesianism) 101

SUPPLEMENT 8  (Inflation) 105

STUDY/REVIEW QUESTIONS 113

QUESTIONS ON INTRODUCTION 115

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 1, ECONOMICS AND CAPITALISM 115

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 2, WEALTH AND THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM 117

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 3, NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT 121

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 4, THE GAINS FROM THE DIVISION OF LABOR 123

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 5, DEPENDENCE OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR ON CAPITALISM I 124

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 6, DEPENDENCE OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR ON CAPITALISM II: THE PRICE SYSTEM AND ECONOMIC COORDINATION 125

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 7, DEPENDENCE OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR ON CAPITALISM III: PRICE CONTROLS AND ECONOMIC CHAOS 127

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 8, THE DEPENDENCE OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR ON CAPITALISM IV: SOCIALISM, ECONOMIC CHAOS, AND TOTALITARIAN DICTATORSHIP 130

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 9, THE INFLUENCE OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR ON THE INSTITUTIONS OF CAPITALISM 133

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 10, MONOPOLY VERSUS FREEDOM OF COMPETITION 135

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 11, THE DIVISION OF LABOR AND THE CONCEPT OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY 144

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 12, MONEY AND SPENDING 147

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 13, PRODUCTIONISM, SAY'S LAW, AND UNEMPLOYMENT 152

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 14, THE PRODUCTIVITY THEORY OF WAGES 154

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 15, AGGREGATE PRODUCTION, AGGREGATE SPENDING, AND THE ROLE OF SAVING IN SPENDING 157

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 16, THE NET-CONSUMPTION/NET-INVESTMENT THEORY OF PROFIT AND INTEREST 160

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 17, APPLICATIONS OF THE INVARIABLE-MONEY/NET-CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS 163

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 18, KEYNESIANISM: A CRITIQUE 164

QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER 19, GOLD VERSUS INFLATION 166

 

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