The Economics of Welfare

Pigou develops the concept of externalities at some length and uses their existence as a justification for government intervention.
The Economics of Welfare (4th ed.) (London: Macmillan, 1932).
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- Author: Arthur Cecil Pigou
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION (1928)
- NOTE TO THE FOURTH EDITION (1932)
- PART I: WELFARE AND THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND
- Chapter I: WELFARE AND ECONOMIC WELFARE
- Chapter II: DESIRES AND SATISFACTIONS
- Chapter III: THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND
- Chapter IV: WHAT IS MEANT BY MAINTAINING CAPITAL INTACT
- Chapter V: CHANGES IN THE SIZE OF THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND
- Chapter VI: THE MEASUREMENT OF CHANGES IN THE SIZE OF THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND
- Chapter VII: ECONOMIC WELFARE AND CHANGES IN THE SIZE OF THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND
- Chapter VIII: ECONOMIC WELFARE AND CHANGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND
- Chapter IX: REACTIONS THROUGH THE NUMBERS OF THE POPULATION
- Chapter X: THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND AND THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE
- Chapter XI: THE METHOD OF DISCUSSION TO BE FOLLOWED
- PART II: THE SIZE OF THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES AMONG DIFFERENT USES
- Chapter I: INTRODUCTORY
- Chapter II: THE DEFINITION OF MARGINAL SOCIAL AND PRIVATE NET PRODUCTS
- Chapter III: THE VALUES OF MARGINAL SOCIAL NET PRODUCTS AND THE SIZE OF THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND
- Chapter IV: RATES OF RETURN AND THE VALUES OF MARGINAL PRIVATE NET PRODUCTS
- Chapter V: THE EFFECTS OF ELIMINATING OBSTACLES TO MOVEMENT
- Chapter VI: HINDRANCES TO EQUALITY OF RETURNS DUE TO IMPERFECT KNOWLEDGE
- Chapter VII: HINDRANCES TO EQUALITY OF RETURNS DUE TO IMPERFECT DIVISIBILITY OF THE UNITS IN TERMS OF WHICH TRANSACTIONS ARE CONDUCTED
- Chapter VIII: HINDRANCES TO EQUALITY OF RETURNS DUE TO RELATIVE VARIATIONS OF DEMAND IN DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS AND PLACES
- Chapter IX: DIVERGENCES BETWEEN MARGINAL SOCIAL NET PRODUCT AND MARGINAL PRIVATE NET PRODUCT
- Chapter X: MARGINAL PRIVATE AND SOCIAL NET PRODUCTS IN RELATION TO INDUSTRIAL FORMS
- Chapter XI: INCREASING AND DECREASING SUPPLY PRICE
- Chapter XII: STATE REGULATION OF COMPETITIVE PRICES
- Chapter XIII: STATE REGULATION OF SUPPLIES
- Chapter XIV: THE CONDITIONS OF MONOPOLISATION
- Chapter XV: MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
- Chapter XVI: SIMPLE MONOPOLY
- Chapter XVII: DISCRIMINATING MONOPOLY
- Chapter XVIII: THE SPECIAL PROBLEM OF RAILWAY RATES
- Chapter XIX: PURCHASERS' ASSOCIATIONS
- Chapter XX: INTERVENTION BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
- Chapter XXI: PUBLIC CONTROL OF MONOPOLY
- Chapter XXII: PUBLIC OPERATION OF INDUSTRIES
- PART III: THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND AND LABOUR
- Chapter I: INDUSTRIAL PEACE
- Chapter II: THE CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL DIFFERENCES
- Chapter III: VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION
- Chapter IV: MEDIATION
- Chapter V: COERCIVE INTERVENTION
- Chapter VI: AN ANALYTICAL VIEW OF INDUSTRIAL PEACE
- Chapter VII: HOURS OF LABOUR
- Chapter VIII: THE METHODS OF INDUSTRIAL REMUNERATION
- Chapter IX: THE DISTRIBUTION OF LABOUR AMONG OCCUPATIONS AND PLACES
- Chapter X: EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES
- Chapter XI: UNEMPLOYMENT VERSUS SHORT TIME
- Chapter XII: THE PRACTICABILITY OF INTERFERENCE TO RAISE WAGES
- Chapter XIII: METHODS OF ENGAGING LABOUR
- Chapter XIV: INTERFERENCE TO RAISE WAGES IN PLACES AND OCCUPATIONS WHERE THEY ARE UNFAIR
- Chapter XV: FAIR WAGES INSIDE PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES
- Chapter XVI: FAIRNESS AS A VARIABLE RELATION
- Chapter XVII: INTERFERENCE TO RAISE WAGES IN PLACES AND OCCUPATIONS WHERE THEY ARE ALREADY FAIR
- Chapter XVIII: WAGE RATES AND CAPACITY
- Chapter XIX: A NATIONAL MINIMUM TIME-WAGE
- Chapter XX: FIXED AND FLUCTUATING WAGE RATES IN PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES
- PART IV: THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND
- Chapter I: THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF DISHARMONY
- Chapter II: PARETO'S LAW
- Chapter III: THE SUPPLY OF CAPITAL AND LABOUR
- Chapter IV: INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS
- Chapter V: THE MANIPULATION OF WAGES
- Chapter VI: RATIONING
- Chapter VII: SUBSIDIES TO WAGES
- Chapter VIII: DIRECT TRANSFERENCES FROM THE RELATIVELY RICH TO THE RELATIVELY POOR
- Chapter IX: THE EFFECT ON THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND OF THE EXPECTATION OF TRANSFERENCES FROM THE RELATIVELY RICH
- Chapter X: THE EFFECT ON THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND OF THE EXPECTATION OF TRANSFERENCES TO THE POOR
- Chapter XI: BOUNTIES ON THINGS PURCHASED BY THE POOR
- Chapter XII: THE EFFECT ON THE NATIONAL DIVIDEND OF THE FACT OF TRANSFERENCE FROM THE RELATIVELY RICH TO THE POOR
- Chapter XIII: A NATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD OF REAL INCOME
- APPENDIX I UNCERTAINTY-BEARING AS A FACTOR OF PRODUCTION
- APPENDIX II THE MEASUREMENT OF ELASTICITIES OF DEMAND
- APPENDIX III A DIAGRAMMATIC AND MATHEMATICAL TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROBLEMS OF COMPETITION AND MONOPOLY
- I NORMAL SUPPLY PRICE
- II MANY-FIRM INDUSTRIES
- III ONE-FIRM INDUSTRIES
- IV THE IDEAL OUTPUT IN A MANY-FIRM INDUSTRY
- V THE IDEAL OUTPUT IN A ONE-FIRM INDUSTRY
- VI DEMAND PRICE AND MARGINAL DEMAND PRICE
- VII SIMPLE MONOPOLY AND MAXIMUM PRICES
- VIII SOME PROBLEMS OF DISCRIMINATING MONOPOLY
- IX METHODS OF INDUSTRIAL REMUNERATION
- X THE MEANING OF EXPLOITATION
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