DEFINITIONS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRECEDED BY AN INQUIRY INTO THE RULES WHICH OUGHT TO GUIDE POLITICAL ECONOMISTS IN THE DEFINITION AND USE OF THEIR TERMS; WITH REMARKS ON THE DEVIATION FROM THESE RULES IN THEIR WRITINGS. BY THE REV. T. R. MALTHUS, A.M., F.R.S., A.R.S.L., AND _PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE EAST-INDIA COLLEGE, HERTFORDSHIRE_. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET. MDCCCXXVII. LONDON: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Stamford-street. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE vii CHAPTER I. Rules for the Definition and Application of Terms in Political Economy 1 CHAPTER II. On the Definition of Wealth by the French Economists 8 CHAPTER III. On the Definition and Application of Terms by Adam Smith 10 CHAPTER IV. Application of the term Utility by M. Say 19 CHAPTER V. On the Definition and Application of Terms by Mr. Ricardo 23 CHAPTER VI. On the Definition and Application of Terms by Mr. Mill, in his “Elements of Political Economy.” 37 CHAPTER VII. On the Definition and Application of Terms, by Mr. Macculloch, in his “Principles of Political Economy.” 69 CHAPTER VIII. On the Definition and Use of Terms by the Author of “A Critical Dissertation on the Nature, Measure, and Causes of Value.” 125 CHAPTER IX. Summary of the Reasons for Adopting the subjoined Definition of the Measure of Value 203 CHAPTER X. Definitions in Political Economy 234 CHAPTER XI. Remarks on the Definitions 249 PREFACE.