Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Introduction to the Maximum Principle -- 1. The Calculus of Variations and the Stationary Rate of Return on Capital -- 2. The Prototype-Economic Control Problem -- 3. The Maximum Principle in One Dimension -- 4. Applications of the Maximum Principle in One Dimension -- Part II: Comprehensive Accounting and the Maximum Principle -- 5. Optimal Multisector Growth and Dynamic Competitive Equilibrium -- 6. The Pure Theory of Perfectly Complete National Income Accounting -- 7. The Stochastic Wealth and Income Version of the Maximum Principle -- References -- Index.