Current Economic Problems: A Series of Readings in the Control of Industrial Development

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Walton Hale Hamilton
University of Chicago Press, 1915 - Economics - 946 pages
 

Contents

The State as an Institution of Control Edwin Cannan
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The Fundamental Law of Nature William Blackstone
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A Diatribe against Human Institutions J J Rousseau
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A Plea against Governmental Restraints Adam Smith
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A General Condemnation of Government William Godwin
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The Identity of Individual and Social Good Piercy Ravenstone
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A Protest against Useless Restrictions Jeremy Bentham
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Opportunity John J Ingalls F THE INTERPRETATION OF LAISSEZ FAIRE
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The Philosophy of Individualism Albert V Dicey
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The Individualistic Theory of Government John Stuart Mill
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The Authoritative Basis of Laissez Faire An editorial
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The Tyranny of the Machine Joseph Harding Underwood
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The Passing of the Frontier Thomas B Macaulay James Bryce
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and Peter Finley Dunne
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The New Issues William Garrott Brown 2
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The Nature of the PriceSystem An editorial
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The Constraints of the PriceSystem Walton H Hamilton
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Economic Activity as a Struggle for Existence Arthur Fairbanks 156
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The Ethics of Competition a The Beneficence of Competition Charles Kingsley b The Selfishness of Competition S J Chapman c The Utility of Comp...
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The Plane of Competition Henry C Adams
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B PREINDUSTRIAL COMMERCE
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The Futility of PriceFixing John Witherspoon
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The Problem of Controlling Prices J Maurice Clark
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A Condemnation of Forestallers
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If Forestallers Had Their Deserts
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The Function of the Middleman
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The Gamble of Life Statutes of the Realm George Washington
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The Twilight Zone
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The Ethics of Speculation The Outlook
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Hedging on the Wheat Market Albert C Stephens
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The Ups and Downs of Securities Francis W Hirst
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The Functions of Exchanges Charles A Conant
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The Nature of the Business Corporation Harrison S Smalley
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Labor on the Southern Plantation An editorial
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The Management of the Corporation Wesley C Mitchell
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The Function of the Corporation J B Canning
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The Delicate Organization of Industry Thorstein Veblen
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A THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE REVOLUTION
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The Comprehensiveness of the Revolution J H Clapham
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The Machine Process Thorstein Veblen
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War and Economic Organization Clarence E Ayres
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The Larger Economic Strategy An editorial
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The Demands of War An editorial
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The Organization of Man Power Mark Sullivan
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The Insatiable Demand for Munitions Edwin Montagu
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The Scientific Basis of War Technique George K Burgess
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Voluntary Army Recruiting André Chevrillon
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Voluntary Enlistment of Factories Harold G Moulton
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E NATIONAL EXPRESSIONS OF INDUSTRIALISM
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Work or Fight General Enoch Crowder
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Priorities Alvin Johnson
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Industrial Conscription Harold G Moulton D MOBILIZATION IN LIBERAL COUNTRIES
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The Penalty of Taking the Lead Thorstein Veblen
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F THE EXTENSION OF INDUSTRIALISM
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International Cooperation Charles Gide
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Gold and Wealth Martin Luther
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Protection and the Formation of Capital Alvin Johnson
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Industrial Freedom and Prosperity James J Hill 395 The Futility of Utopian Legislation Elihu Root 396 The PriceSystem and Development PAGE 912
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Recent Tariff History An editorial
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Complaints against the Railroad System The Cullom Committee 395
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Market Value as a Basis for Rates Robert H Whitten
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The Outcome and the Future T W Van Metre
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H THE ORGANIZATION OF TRADES
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The Perennial Protest against Monopoly
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The Theory of Population Thomas Robert Malthus
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Malthusianism a Support of Capitalism Piercy Ravenstone
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Malthus versus the Malthusians Leonard T Hobhouse
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Population Pressure and War Edwin Alsworth Ross PAGE 485 488 490 492
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The Immigrant Invasion Frank Julian Warne
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Immigration in a Single Year F A
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The Current Status of Immigration National Industrial Con ference Board
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Our Industrial Debt to Immigrants Peter Roberts
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The Manna of Cheap Labor Edwin Alsworth Ross 502 504
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The Course of the Panic of 1907
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The Industrial Menace of the Immigrant Edward Alsworth Ross 507
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A Protest against Immigration United Garment Workers
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An Immigration Program The Immigration Commission
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The Pro and Con of the Literacy Test
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E WAR AND THE CYCLE
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The Problem of Americanization Henry W Farnam
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Industry and Americanization Esther Everett Lape
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The Economics of Immigration Frank A Fetter
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The Influence of the Immigrant on America Walter E Weyl
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The Breeding of Men Plato Martin Conway
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F CONTROL OF THE INDUSTRIAL CYCLE
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Eugenics and the Social Utopia George P Mudge
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Competition and Personal Insecurity Thomas Kirkup
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Cyclical Distribution of Government Orders Sidney and Beatrice
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Social Customs and Efficiency in War Harold G Moulton 128 A Nation of Amateurs Leon C Marshall
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The Principle of Uniformity Robert F Hoxie
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a The Appeal to Spend
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b Practical Patriotism
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The Competitive Victory of Western Culture James Bryce
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E GETTING OUT OF
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The Challenge to American Labor
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Industrial Penetration
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Concessions and the War Alvin Johnson
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F THE ARGUMENT FROM EXPERIENCE
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G PROTECTION IN PRACTICE PAGE 157 A Humble Request of Congress Wool Growers and Manu facturers
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The Ultimate Burdens An editorial
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The Central Aim of Socialism Thomas Kirkup
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Socialism and Inequality N G Pierson
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The Problem of Railway Regulation Introduction
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The Futility of Railway Competition Arthur T Hadley
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State Regulation and Inefficient Service C O Ruggles
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The Futility of Costs as a Basis for Rates Sydney Charles Williams
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The Rate Theory of the Interstate Commerce Commission M B Hammond
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Education and Control An editorial
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The Function of Vocational Training Edwin F
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Education and Social Theory A Clutton Brock
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A Primary Culture for Democracy Charles H Cooley
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Progress and Discontent Thomas B Macaulay
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The Banquet of Life William Graham Sumner
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Competition and Association Henry Clay 195
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The Problem of Capitalistic Monopoly
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The Relations between Trades John A Hobson 197
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B CONDITIONS OF MONOPOLIZATION
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The Planlessness of Production Wesley C Mitchell 200
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Competitive Methods in the Tobacco Business Meyer Jacobstein
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THE REGULATION OF MONOPOLY
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E THE FUTURE OF REGULATION
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Introduction
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Bettering Business Barometers Wesley C Mitchell
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The Severity of the Trade Cycle in America W A Paton
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The Nations Physical Fitness Provost Marshal General
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E THE STANDARD OF LIVING PAGE 267 The Nature of the Standard of Living Frank Hatch Streightoff
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The War and the Standard of Living W F Ogburn
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F THE MINIMUM WAGE 269 The Promise of a Minimum Wage A N Holcombe
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The Case for Wage Boards Constance Smith
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The Futility of the Minimum Wage J Laurence Laughlin
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A Minimum Wage for Immigrants Paul U Kellogg
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The Progress of the Minimum Wage American Labor Legislation Review
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Compulsory Arbitration in Theory and Practice James Edward le Rossignol and William Downie Stewart
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G THE HAZARDS OF THE CHILD 275 The Hazard of Birth Charles J Hastings
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The Hazard of the War S Josephine Baker
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The Hazard of the Coming of Industrialism Ruth McIntire
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The Hazard of Industry John Curtis Underwood
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The Hazard of the Courts United States Supreme Court
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The Problems of Unionism and the Wage Contract Introduction
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A GROUP AND CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS 281 Bourgeoisie and Proletariat Werner Sombart
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The Historical Basis of TradeUnionism Sidney and Beatrice Webb
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The Organization of the Illpaid Classes Charles H Cooley
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Types of Unionism Robert F Hoxie
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The Extent of TradeUnionism Leo Wolman
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B VIEWPOINTS AND UNIONISM 286 The Viewpoint of the TradeUnionist Robert F Hoxie
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Articles of Faith
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b A Political Creed National Association of Manufacturers
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c An Industrial Creed John D Rockefeller Jr
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The Purposes of TradeUnionism John Mitchell
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The Rate of Demobilization Journal of Political Economy 132 Keeping Production Up David Friday 133 The Fetish of Reconstruction An editorial 2...
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F WOMANS INVASION
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Sabotage
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The Standpoint of Syndicalism Louis Levine
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Problem of Control within Industry
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B OUTPUT
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CONSTITUTIONALIZATION
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Standards for Children Entering Employment Conference
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Law and Social Statics Oliver W Holmes
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MineProperty and Rights David M Parry
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INDUSTRIAL LIBERTY
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The Theory of Natural Rights
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Contractual RightsLegal and Real Thorstein Veblen
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b The Rights of Men and of Citizens National Assembly
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Protection and Prosperity Robert Ellis Thompson
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Social Reform and Taxation
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Canons of Taxation Adam Smith
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The Evils of Inflation A C Miller
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The ExcessProfits Tax Edwin R A Seligman
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The New Revenue Act Thomas Sewall Adams
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Public Capitalization of the Inheritance Tax Alvin Johnson
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c The American Bill of Rights Constitution of the United States
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The Capitalists Ten Commandments W Willis Harris 379 A Confession of Faith Progressive Thought
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E GILD SOCIALISM 380 The Tendency in Workshop Control W Gallacher and J Paton
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F SOME RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS 866 382 A Business Program United States Chamber of Commerce 383 A Church Program National Cat...
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The Control of Industrial Development
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A INDUSTRY AN INSTRUMENT
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B CONTROL BY MAGICPANACEAS
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Stable Money and the Future George H Shibley 389 The Way Out John Raymond Cummings 390 Universal Federation King C Gillette 391 A New E...
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The Pecuniary Basis of Economic Organization
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The Social Order Edwin Cannan
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ControlAgitation vs Method Wesley C Mitchell 393 The Socialization of Knowledge J Maurice Clark 890 892
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