CHAPTER VII.[ToC]

MACHINERY AND INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION.

§ 1. The external phenomena of Trade Depression.

§ 2. Correctly described as Under-production and Over-production.

§ 3. Testimony to a general excess of Productive Power over the requirement for Consumption.

§ 4. The connection of modern Machine-production and Depression shown by statistics of price.

§ 5. Changing forms in which Over-supply of Capital is embodied.

§ 6. Summary of economic relation of Machinery to Depression.