Tolstoy's interpretation of money and property

by Milivoy S. Stanoyevich

[34] The first method of the enslavement of men is by means of personal violence, according to Tolstoy, and second is by depriving people of their land. [Cf. What Shall We Do Then, ch. XX, p. 142-43].

[35] What Shall We Do Then, ch. XX. p. 144.

[36] Id. Ibid. ch. XVIII, p. 111.

[37] For the sound discussion on function of money, which is avowedly opposite to Tolstoy’s theory, see W. S. Jevons, Money and the Mechanism of Exchange, ch. III.—J. L. Laughlin, The Principles of Money, ch. I.—F. A. Walker, Money, ch. I. [1883].—E. B. Bawerk, Positive Theorie des Capitals, bch. II, abt. II-III. [1902].—C. Jannet, Capital, ch. II-III. For a different and sounder interpretation of taxes and taxation, see the excellent book, Introduction to Public Finance, by Prof. C. C. Plehn. N. York, 1896.

[38] What Shall We Do Then, ch. XVII, p. 102.

[39] Loc. cit. ch. XVII, p. 109.

[40] Id. Ibid. ch. XVIII, p. 124.

[41] Op. cit. ch. XVIII, p. 117.

[42] Cf. W. Roscher, System der Volkswirtschaft, bd. I, kap. I, 31. [1906]. J. S. Mill, Political Economy, bk. I, ch. I, sec. 1.

[43] Cf. A. Marschal, Principles of Economics, bk. IV, ch. VII, sec. 1. p. 300. [London, 1898].