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Chapter VII. On what depends the degree of Productiveness of Productive Agents. Page § 1. Land, labour, and capital, are of different productiveness at different times and places126 2. Causes of superior productiveness. Natural advantages127 3. —greater energy of labour129 4. —superior skill and knowledge132 5. —superiority of intelligence and trustworthiness in the community generally134 6. —superior security139 Chapter VIII. Of Co-operation, or the Combination of Labour. § 1. Combination of Labour a principal cause of superior productiveness144 2. Effects of separation of employments analyzed147 3. Combination of labour between town and country150 4. The higher degrees of the division of labour152 5. Analysis of its advantages154 6. Limitations of the division of labour162 Chapter IX. Of Production on a Large, and Production on a Small Scale. § 1. Advantages of the large system of production in manufactures164 2. Advantages and disadvantages of the joint-stock principle170 3. Conditions necessary for the large system of production176 4. Large and small farming compared179 Chapter X. Of the Law of the Increase of Labour. § 1. The law of the increase of production depends on those of three elements, Labour, Capital, and Land194 2. The Law of Population195 3. By what checks the increase of population is practically limited198 Chapter XI. Of the Law of the Increase of Capital. § 1. Means and motives to saving, on what dependent203 2. Causes of diversity in the effective strength of the desire of accumulation205 3. Examples of deficiency in the strength of this desire208 4. Exemplification of its excess216
