Outlines of Economics

Richard Theodore Ely, Thomas Sewall Adams, Max Otto Lorenz, Allyn Abbott Young

Macmillan, 1893 - 769 Seiten

Inhalt

• THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF ECONOMICS: 3
• THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRESENT ECONOMIC SYSTEM: 17
• THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC SOCIETY: 33
• Manorial economy in England 37 Handicraft stage 39 Gilds: 39
• THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC SOCIETY Continued: 47
• THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES: 61
• THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES: 79
• PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION: 103
• nomic goods 105 Effort and waiting 106 Risk 106 Personal: 111
• production 119 Saving and capital formation 122 Production: 129
• ginal utility 135 Subjective value 137 Economic order of con: 142
• Harmful consumption 144 Statistics of consumption 144 Con: 148
• VALUE AND PRICE: 151
• Nature of demand 156 Elasticity of demand 159 Nature: 164
• Different conditions of supply 170 Fixed and variable expenses: 181
• MONOPOLY: 189
• Social and natural 195 Monopoly price 200 Effect of a tax 202: 202
• Monopoly price high price 205 Monopolies and distribution: 208
• preneur 214 Partnerships 215 The business corporation 216: 216
• tion 221 Form of capitalization 225 Corporation management: 226
• porations 228 Trusts 230 Causes of combination 232 Anti: 245
• 250 The media of exchange 252 The monetary standard 255: 255
• Limited coinage 259 Bimetallism 260: 269
• bills of credit 273 The greenbacks 273 Fiat money: 278
• 286 Bank notes 290 State banks of issue 290 National bank: 286
• ing system 291 The reserve system 292 New York money: 297
• banks: 313
• money 319 Equation of exchange 321 Mechanism of general: 337
• INTERNATIONAL TRADE: 345
• Ralance of trade 354 Restriction of international trade 358: 358
• PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE: 368
• The case for protection 368 Arguments of freetraders 374: 374
• General considerations 380 Conclusions: 381
• products of land and capital 392 Marginal productivity and: 404
• form intensivity of cultivation 410 Rent under actual conditions: 413
• 422 Urban lands: 426
• saving machinery 430 Supply of labor 431 Growth of popula: 442
• Methods and policies of labor organizations 447 The closed shop: 448
• ties 451 The strike 452 Employers associations 454 Trade: 468
• 480 Factory acts 484 Employers liability 486 Philosophy: 480
• labor legislation: 488
• terest is possible 495 Why interest is necessary 496 Invest: 502
• Expense and price of capital 504 Free and specialized capital: 512
• Capital and wages 512 Competitive investment 513: 524
• dustry and profits for the establishment 533 Goodwill 535: 535
• Wealth and income 542 Absolute and relative wellbeing 542: 542
• Causes of poverty and riches 549 Is greater diffusion possible?: 553
• 558 Railway competition 560 Pooling and consolidation 561: 561
• The movement of rates 563 The level of rates 565 Relative: 574
• of insurance organization 580 Life tables 581 Reserve 583: 583
• Workmens compensation 588 Sickness insurance 591 Oldage: 593
• 606 Farm indebtedness and agricultural credit 609 Tenancy: 606
• encumbered ownership 615 Marketing of farm products 618: 618
• Speculation: 622
• socialism 628 Communism 631 Socialism an extension: 638
• PUBLIC RECEIPTS FROM LOANS AND GOVERNMENT: 668
• United States 673 Forest lands 674 Mineral lands 675 Success: 684
• 694 Justice in taxation 696 Progressive taxation 699 Direct: 694
• and indirect taxes 702 The shifting of taxes: 703
• government 712 Customs duties 713 Internal revenue duties: 717
• taxes 723 General property tax 726 Corporation taxes 731: 731
• History of Economic Thought: 741
• Suggestions for Students and Teachers: 754
• INDEX: 761

Beliebte Passagen

Seite 551 - It ordains that no state .shall make or enforce any laws which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. . . . It ordains that no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Seite 265 - It is evident that if the opportunity for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 had still existed, there would have been another sudden change in the actual monetary standard.

Seite 51 - Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally, or rather necessarily leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to the society.

Seite 99 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.

Seite 654 - ... agent of any person, corporation, or syndicate in making such entry, nor in collusion with any person, corporation, or syndicate to give them the benefit of the land entered, or any part thereof, or the timber thereon...

Seite 419 - The natural price of labour is that price which is necessary to enable the labourers, one with another, to subsist and to perpetuate their race, without either increase or diminution.

Seite 192 - Perpetuities and monopolies are contrary to the genius of a free government, and shall never be allowed; nor shall the law of primogeniture or entailments ever be in force in this state.

Seite 308 - Federal reserve bank may discount notes, drafts, and bills of exchange arising out of actual commercial transactions ; that is, notes, drafts, and bills of exchange issued or drawn for agricultural, industrial, or commercial purposes, or the proceeds of which have been used, or are to be used for such purposes...

Seite 593 - An act to provide capital for agricultural development, to create standard forms of investment based upon farm mortgage, to equalize rates of interest upon farm loans, to furnish a market for United States bonds, to create government depositories and financial agents for the United States, and for other purposes.

Seite 190 - A monopoly is an institution, or allowance by the king by his grant, commission, or otherwise to any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, of or for the sole buying, selling, making, working, or using of anything, whereby any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, are sought to be restrained of any freedom or liberty that they had before, or hindered in their lawful trade.

Bibliografische Informationen

• Titel: Outlines of Economics; Social science text-books
• Autoren: Richard Theodore Ely, Thomas Sewall Adams, Max Otto Lorenz, Allyn Abbott Young
• Ausgabe: 3
• Verlag: Macmillan, 1893
• Original von: New York Public Library
• Digitalisiert: 3. Nov. 2005
• Länge: 769 Seiten