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By: Frank B. Anderson (1863-1935) | |
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Morals in Trade and Commerce |
By: Franklin Escher (1881-) | |
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Elements of Foreign Exchange A Foreign Exchange Primer |
By: Frederic Bastiat | |
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Essays on Political Economy
Bastiat asserted that the only purpose of government is to defend the right of an individual to life, liberty, and property. From this definition, Bastiat concluded that the law cannot defend life, liberty and property if it promotes socialist policies inherently opposed to these very things. In this way, he says, the law is perverted and turned against the thing it is supposed to defend. | |
By: Frédéric Bastiat | |
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Sophisms of the Protectionists
"To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them," Bastiat said and believed. He reasoned, employing repetition to various applications, against fallacious arguments promoting the "Protection" of industries to the detriment of consumers and society. (Introduction by Katie Riley) |
By: Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910) | |
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Early English Meals and Manners |
By: Frederick L. (Frederic Lockwood) Lipman (1866-) | |
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Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business |
By: G. A. Bauman | |
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Plain Facts |
By: Gail Hamilton (1833-1896) | |
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Battle of the Books
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for an author to dissolve the bands which have connected him with his publishers, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that he should declare the causes which impel him to the separation." So begins the alleged author's introduction to this work, which chronicles the conflict between a female author and her publisher. This conflict really did happen, although the details in this book are fictitious. For more information about the actual situation, see the author's Wikipedia article. |
By: George Berkeley (1685-1753) | |
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Querist |
By: George Washington Brooks | |
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The Spirit of 1906 |
By: H. G. Wells (1866-1946) | |
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A Modern Utopia
H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the remainder of his life. One of his most ambitious early attempts at portraying a world state was A Modern Utopia (1905). A Modern Utopia was intended as a hybrid between fiction and 'philosophical discussion'. Like most utopists, he has indicated a series of modifications which in his opinion would increase the aggregate of human happiness. Basically, Wells' idea of a perfect world would be if everyone were able to live a happy life... | |
Anticipations
Wells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine. His goal was to get people to think and act in new ways. The book starts with a look at how humans get along socially and how they carry out their business ventures. It then discusses how these elements influence others, such as politics, the world of work, and education. H. G. tried to make clear how the current social order was disintegrating without preparing another to take its place. He then traced the roots of democracy, which in its present state he saw as unworkable. Instead, he proposed a new republic. He also critiqued modern warfare. |
By: Hamilton Holt (1872-1951) | |
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Commercialism and Journalism |
By: Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks (1860-) | |
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Conservation Reader |
By: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) | |
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American Woman's Home |
By: Hartley Withers (1867-1950) | |
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War-Time Financial Problems |
By: Helen Campbell (1839-1918) | |
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The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes |
By: Henry George Stebbins Noble (1859-) | |
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The New York Stock Exchange in the Crisis of 1914 |
By: Herbert Feis (1893-1972) | |
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The Settlement of Wage Disputes |
By: Herbert Kaufman (1878-1947) | |
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The Clock that Had no Hands And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising |
By: J. P. (James Perry) Johnston (1852-) | |
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Twenty Years of Hus'ling |
By: Jack London (1876-1916) | |
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The People of the Abyss
Jack London lived for a time within the grim and grimy world of the East End of London, where half a million people scraped together hardly enough on which to survive. Even if they were able to work, they were paid only enough to allow them a pitiful existence. He grew to know and empathise with these forgotten (or ignored) people as he spoke with them and tasted the workhouse, life on the streets, … and the food, which was cheap, barely nutritious, and foul.He writes about his experiences in... |
By: Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway (1849-1942) | |
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Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges |
By: Jane Addams (1860-1935) | |
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Twenty Years at Hull-House
Jane Addams was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a long, complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker and founder of Hull-House in Chicago, public philosopher (the first American woman in that role), author, and leader in woman suffrage and world peace. She was the most prominent woman of the Progressive Era and helped turn the nation to issues of concern to mothers, such as the needs of children, public health and world peace. She emphasized that women have a special responsibility to clean up their communities and make them better places to live, arguing they needed the vote to be effective... |
By: Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson (1844-1926) | |
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Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |
By: John A. Hobson (1858-1940) | |
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Morals of Economic Internationalism |
By: John Graham Brooks (1846-1938) | |
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The Conflict between Private Monopoly and Good Citizenship |
By: John James Butler (1867-) | |
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Successful Stock Speculation |
By: John Mavrogordato | |
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The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade |
By: John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) | |
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Economic Consequences of the Peace
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) was a best seller throughout the world, published by John Maynard Keynes. Keynes attended the Versailles Conference as a delegate of the British Treasury and argued for a much more generous peace with Germany. The book was critical in establishing a general worldwide opinion that the Versailles Treaty was a brutal and unfair peace towards Germany. It helped to consolidate American public opinion against the treaty and involvement in the League of Nations... |
By: John R. Lynch (1847-1939) | |
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The Facts of Reconstruction
After the American Civil War, John R. Lynch, who had been a slave in Mississippi, began his political career in 1869 by first becoming Justice of the Peace, and then Mississippi State Representative. He was only 26 when he was elected to the US Congress in 1873. There, he continued to be an activist, introducing many bills and arguing on their behalf. Perhaps his greatest effort was in the long debate supporting the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to ban discrimination in public accommodations.In 1884 Lynch was the first African American nominated after a moving speech by Theodore Roosevelt to the position of Temporary Chairman of the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois... |
By: John Rae (1845-1915) | |
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Life of Adam Smith |