How Society Works

(Please note that the 'Principles' have been severely abridged for the contents page! This has almost certainly changed the apparent meaning, so see the full text before drawing conclusions!)

• Preface

• Decision Making and Social Conflict

• Economic Laws

• Principle 1 `GOODS ... CANNOT BE USED ... UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN ... MADE AVAILABLE'
• Principle 2 `... AN INCREASE IN ANY ... CONSUMPTION, REDUCES ... AVAILABLE CONSUMPTION BY ALL OTHERS...'
• Principle 3 `OF THE TOTAL ... AVAILABLE, A HIGHER PROPORTION CAN BE DEVOTED TO INVESTMENT ONLY IF A LOWER ... IS DEVOTED TO CONSUMPTION'
• Principle 4 `PRICES CANNOT BE HELD BELOW COSTS'

• Human Behaviour

• Principle 5 `MAN HAS THE CAPACITY TO TAKE IN INFORMATION, ... AND CHOOSE A LINE OF ACTION ... ADVANTAGEOUS TO HIMSELF'
• Principle 6 `MEMBERSHIP OF A GROUP ...'
• Principle 7 `INDIVIDUALS ... COPE WITH CONFLICT BY DENYING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS...'

• Sharing the Cake

• Principle 8 `KNOWN SYSTEMS OF DISTRIBUTION ...' International Trade
• Principle 9 `... OUTWARD PAYMENTS ... ALWAYS BALANCE INWARD PAYMENTS'

• Ownership and Power

• Principle 10 `MAN FEELS A STRONG NEED TO CONTROL ...'

• Distribution of Wealth

• Principle 11 `THE MORE ... MATERIAL THINGS OR POWER THE EASIER IT IS ... TO GAIN THE NEXT INCREMENT OF HAVING'

• The Next Step