《THE SOCIAL FRAMEWORK：AN INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS FOURTH EDITION》

Introductory Chaptre.Economic Facts and Economic Theory1

PART Ⅰ THEPRODUCTIVE PROCESS13

Ⅰ.Production and Exchange15

Ⅱ.Goods and Services25

Ⅲ.Consumption and Investment34

PART Ⅱ.THE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION——LABOUR43

Ⅳ.Population and its History45

Ⅴ.The Economics of PoPulation61

Ⅵ.The SPecialization of Labour71

Ⅶ.The Effort of Labour86

PART Ⅲ.THE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION——CAPITAL93

Ⅷ.CaPital Goods and their Varieties95

Ⅸ.private Property in Capital108

Ⅹ.The National CaPital120

PART Ⅳ.THE SOCIAL PRODUCT135

Ⅺ.The Social Product and the Social Income137

Ⅻ.Foreign Payments and the National Income156

ⅩⅢ.The State and the National Income171

ⅩⅣ.The British National Income in 1969183

ⅩⅤ.The National Income in Real Terms——Index-Numbers200

ⅩⅥ.National Income and Economic Growth213

ⅩⅦ.The Terms of Trade231

ⅩⅧ.Equality and Inequality237

ⅪⅩ.Further Horizons252

PART Ⅴ.SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTERS ON SOCIALACCOUNTING257

ⅩⅩ.The Social Accounting System260

ⅩⅪ.The Social Accounts of the United Kingdom276

APPENDIX295

A.On the definition of production295

B.On the idea of an optimum population297

C.On the depreciation of capital299

D.On the national balance-sheet302

E.On comparisons between the real national incomes of different countries306

F.On factor cost307

G.1957 and 1969309

INDEX315