Paget, Thos., 213.
Parsimony, 39, 190.
Peace, economical effects of, 38, 84.
Peninsular war, metal currency out of circulation in, 100.
Phelps, of Gloucestershire, 141.
Phillips, William, 64, 81.
Pierstorff, Dr. Julius, 230.
Place, Francis, Pref. ix, 43, 96, 207, 209.
Political Economy, of what advantage to governments, 171;
inquiry not into production but into distribution, 175;
into effects not into motives, 185;
into principles not facts, 18;
corn, labour, and commodities the all-important subjects, 198;
two tasks of Pol. E., Pref. xviii.
Political Economy Club, 182, 183, 208, 209.
Poor Rates, effect on quantity of available food, 107, 144;
Laws, 126, 144, 225.
Population, principle of, 42, 69, 180, 186, 189;
turned by Ricardo against arguments of Malthus, 68, 70, 98, 99, 101,
205, 215;
whether food precedes, 144.
Prices. See Wages, Profits, &c.
Private work, its effect on general demand for labour, 98.
Productive and unproductive consumption, 185 seq.
Profits, rate of, 8, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, &c.;
on what hypothesis everywhere the same, 58;
rate depends on what, 34, 46, 52, 53;
how related to wages, 49, 52, 97;
to facility of production of food, 45, &c.;
cannot be at two rates in same country, 192;
rate lowered by commercial restrictions, 36, 38;
when permanently high, 41.