The Economic Writings of William Thornton

Introduction, Letters to the Economist By and Concerning Thornton: Prelims, The “Law” of demand and supply., The “Law” of Demand and Supply, Demand and Supply, Supply and Demand, On the Income Tax, England and Ireland, Technical Education in England, John Stuart Mill: His Career in the India House., The Economic Definition of Wealth, Professor Cairnes on Value, The Wages Fund, Parliament Without Parties, A New View of the Indian Exchange Difficulty, To John Stuart Mill, Esq., Zohràb; or, a Midsummer Day’s Dream

Prelims, Preface, Definition of the term over-population.— importance of the subject. — objects and plan of the work., Evidences of Over-Population in England and Wales., Evidences of Over-Population in Scotland and Ireland., Causes of Over-Population in General., Causes of Over-Population in England., Causes of Over-Population in Scotland and Ireland., Remedies For Over-Population in England and Wales., Remedies for Over-Population in England and Wales — (continued)., Remedies for Over-Population in Scotland and Ireland., Concluding Reflections. — Chances of the Stability of National Prosperity.

A Plea for Peasant ProprietorsPreface., A Plea for Peasant ProprietorsComparative Productiveness of Large and Small Farms., Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorship., Effects of Peasant Proprietorship in France., Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorship—the Subject Resumed., Moral Effects of Peasant Proprietorship., Ireland; Past, Present, and Future, as Viewed in 1848., Ireland; Forecast From 1873.

Introductory.: Labour’s Causes of Discontent., Labour and Capital in Debate.: Of Supply and Demand, And of Their Influence on Price and Wages., The Claims of Labour, and Its Rights., The Rights of Capital., The Origin of Trades’ Unions, Labour and Capital in Antagonism.: The Ends of Trades’ Unionism., Ways and Means of Trades’ Unions., Efficacy of Trades’ Unionism., Efficacy of Trades’ Unionism, Good and Evil of Trades’ Unionism., Labour and Capital in Alliance.Industrial Partnership., ‘Cooperative’ or Associative Stores., Cooperative Societies., Labour’s Utopia., Supplementary.

Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics: Prelims, Preface., Anti- Utilitarianism., History’s Scientific Pretensions., David Hume as a Metaphysician., Huxleyism., Recent Phases of Scientific Atheism., Limits of Demonstrable Theism., Epilogue, Indian Public Works and Cognate Indian TopicsPrelims, Indian Public Works.Introductory., Communications., Irrigation., Miscellaneous Works., Public Works’ Establishments., Land Tenure., National Education.