Principles of Economics, Book 1: Preliminary Survey: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Principles of Economics, Book 1: Preliminary Survey, credited to Alfred Marshall, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Principles of Economics Book 1, by Alfred Marshall. Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the Principles of Economics in 1881 and he spent much of the next decade at work on the treatise. His plan for the work gradually extended to a two-volume compilation on the whole of economic thought; the first volume was published in 1890 to worldwide acclaim that established him as one of the leading economists of his time. It brought the ideas of supply and demand, of marginal utility and of the costs of production into a coherent whole, and became the dominant economic textbook in England for a long period. The second volume, which was to address foreign trade, money, trade fluctuations, taxation, and collectivism, was never published at all. (Wikipedia) This first introductory book gives the author's overview of the field of economics. The recording is based on the eight edition, published in 1920.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Principles of Economics, Book 1: Preliminary Survey
• Author credits: Alfred Marshall
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 2:07:45

Catalogue topics

• economics

Track guide

1. 1 - Preface to the First Edition — 14:37
2. 2 - Preface to the Eighth Edition — 10:57
3. 3 - Introduction — 27:53
4. 4 - The Substance of Economics — 28:44
5. 5 - Economic Generalisations or Laws — 20:51
6. 6 - The Order and Aims of Economic Studies — 24:46

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