Agricultural And Rural Population
Agricultural And Rural Population § I. Sources Of Food And Organic Materials. § 2. Agriculture And Farms In The United States. § 3. Rural And Agricultural. § 4. Lack Of A Social Agricultural Policy In America. § 5. Period Of Decaying Agricultural Prosperity. § G. Sociological Effects Of Agricultural De ...
American Tariff History 1
American Tariff History 1. Political And Trade Boundaries. 12. Prevalence Of Protective Tariffs. § 3. Specific And Ad Valorem Rates. § 4. Some Technical Feat Ures Of The Tariff. § 5. The Tariff, 1789-1815. § 6. The Tariff, 1816 1845. 5 7. The Tariff, 1846-1860. § 8. The Tariff, 1881-1871. ...
Banking In The United
Banking In The United States Before 1914 1. The First And Second Banks Of The United States. F 2. Bank Ing From 1836 To 1863. § 3. National Banking Associations, 1863 1913. I 4. Defects Of Our Banking Organization Before 1911 § 5. Lack Of System. § 6. Inelasticity Of ...
Commodity Money And The
Commodity Money And The Quantity Theory 1. Coinage And Seigniorage. F 2. Technical Features Of Coinage. Rarely Without Charge, And Often Has Been A Source Of Revenue To The Ruler. In Antiquity And In The Middle Ages This Right Was Frequently Exercised By Princes For Their Selfish Advan Tage To ...
Crises And Industrial Depressions
Crises And Industrial Depressions § 1. Mischance, Special And General, In Business. Definitions. A Feature Of A Money Economy. European Crises. § 5. American Crises. ¢ 6. A Business Cycle. § 7. General Features Of A Crisis. § 8. The Use Of Credit. § 9. Interest Rate's In A Crisis. ...
Health Insurance
Health Insurance Voluntary. France, 1850, 1898 (voluntary Except For Miners). Belgium, 1851, 1894. Italy, 1880. Sweden, 1891. Denmark, 1892. Holland (authorized Private Societies And Poor Relief). Compulsory. Germany, 1883, 1911 (voluntary For Others With Earnings Of $500). Austria, 1888 (voluntary For Some Classes). France, For Miners, 1894. Norway, 1909. Great ...
Institutions For Saving And
Institutions For Saving And Investment 1. The Nature Of Saving. 2. Economic Limit Of Saving. 13. Commercial Bank Deposits Of An Investment Nature. 4. Investment Banking And Bond Houses. 5. Savings Banks In The United States. 6. Security For Thrift. 7. Postal Savings Plan. 8. Advantages And Limitations Of Postal ...
International Trade I 1
International Trade I 1. Benefits Of International Trade. § 2. Erroneous Views Of Benefits. § 3. Relatively Advantageous Industries. § 4. Persistence Of Differences Between Nations. § 5. Doctrine Of Comparative Advantages. § 6. Ad Vantages Confused With Monetary Costs. § 7. Equation Or International Exchange. § 8. Balance Of ...
Metal And Paper Fiduciary
Fiduciary Money, Metal And Paper § 1. Character Of Fiduciary Money. § 2. Present Monetary System Of The United States. § 3. Saturation Point Of Fractional Money. 4. Light-weight Fractional Coins. 5. Gresham's Law. § 6. Seign Iorage On Standard Money. 7. Fiduciary Coinage On Governmental Account. § 8. Two ...
Methods Of Distribution
Methods Of Distribution § I. The Problem Of Distribution. § 2. Distribution By Force And By Status. § 3. Social Effects Of The Right To Transmit Property. § 4. Ef Fects Of The Right To Inherit Property. 15. Broader Social Effects Of In Heritance. *6. Limitations Upon Intestate Inheritance. § ...
Methods Of Industrial Remuneration
Methods Of Industrial Remuneration 1. Workers Subordinate In Early Societies. 1 2. Workers In The Mid Dle Ages. 1 3. Growth Of The Wage System. 1 4. Pros And Cons Of The Wage System. 1 5. Time Work. 1 6. Task Work. I 7. Piece Work. 1 8. Premium Plans. ...
Nature Of Economic Problems
Nature Of Economic Problems I I. Increase Of Economic Problems. ¢ 2. Opinions And Feelings In Economic Discussion. ¢ 3. False Contrast Of Theory And Practice. 4. Superficial Thinking And Popular Error. ¢ 5. American Economic Problems In The Past. Main Factors In Economic Problems. 7. Range Of Economic Problems ...
Note
Note: This Does Not Include Value Of Live-stock Products, The Total Of Which Is Fully Half As Great. Well. The Farmers' Incomes In Different Parts Of The Coun Try Vary Pretty Nearly With The Amount Of Horse-power Used Per Man. Economies Equally Great Are Made In The Work Done In ...
Objects And Principles Of
Objects And Principles Of Taxation 1. Public Finance As A Division Of Economics. 1 2. The Police Func Tion. I 3. Social And Industrial Functions. I 4. The Enlarging Sphere Of The State. I 5. Industrial Revenues Of Governments. § 6. Govern Mental Receipts From Loans. I 7. Non-revenue Character ...
Old Age And Invalidity Pensions
Old-age And Invalidity Pensions L'olunlary. Belgium, 1850, 1903 (voluntary Except For Miners). Italy, 1898, 1907 (all Wage-earners). Compulsory. Belgium, For Miners, 1868. Germany, 1889, 1899, 1911. Austria, 1889 (miners Only); 1900 (office Employees). Denmark, 1891, 1908 (non-contributory). France, For Seamen, 1850, 1881; For Miners, 1894, 1905, 1907 (non Contributory, All ...
Organized Labor
Organized Labor § 1. Changing Relations Between Employers And Wage Workers. § 2. Need Of Common Action Among Wage Workers. § 3. Functions Of Labor Organizations. § 4. Types Of Labor Organizations. § 5. Statistics Of Labor Organizations. § 8. Collective Bargaining. § 7. Limitation Of Competition Among Workers. § ...
Origin And Nature Of
Origin And Nature Of Money 1. Origin Of Money. ¢ 2. Money As A Tool. I 3. Money Defined. I 4. Qualities Of The Original Money-good. I 5. Industrial Changes And Forms Of Money. § 6. The Precious Metals As Money. ¢ 7. Varying Extent Of The Use Of Money. ...
Other Protective Labor And
Other Protective Labor And Social Legislation § 1. Evils Of Early Factory Conditions. ¢ 2. Improvement Of Factory Conditions. § 3. Limitations Of The Wage Contract. ¢ 4. Usury Laws. § 5. Public Inspection Of Standards And Of Foods. § 6. Charity, And Control Of Vice. § 7. City Growth ...
Personal Taxes
Personal Taxes § 1. Inheritance-tax Laws. § 2. Fiscal And Social Aspects. § 3. In Come Taxes; General Nature. § 4. Income Taxation By The States. § 5. Obstacles To Federal Income Taxation. § 6. Federal Taxation Of Individ Ual Incomes. § 7. Important Features. § 8. Development And Yield. ...