PART 1: ON THE 'MONETARY' EXPLANATION OF DISTRIBUTION - Introduction - The Rate of Interest as a 'Monetary Phenomenon' - The Rate of Interest as the Regulator of the Ratio of Prices to Money Wages - Wage Bargaining, Distribution and the Price Level - The Rate of Interest and the Inducement to Invest - Nominal and Real Rates of Interest - PART 2: ON THE INTEREST-PROFIT CONNECTION IN ECONOMIC THEORY - Interest and Profit in Smith, Ricardo and Marx - Interest, Prices and the Quantity of Money: Thomas Tooke and His Main Critic - Money and Distribution in the Marginal Method - On the Explanation of Distribution in Terms of the 'Forces of Competition' - Money Interest and 'Full Cost' Pricing - Summary and Concluding Observations - Bibliography - Index