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- •Table of Contents
- •FOREWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION.
- •Modern Economic Problems
- •PART I
- •MONEY AND PRICES
- •CHAPTER 1
- •NATURE OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
- •References:
- •CHAPTER 2
- •ORIGIN AND NATURE OF MONEY
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 3
- •COMMODITY MONEY AND THE QUANTITY THEORY
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 4
- •FIDUCIARY MONEY, METAL AND PAPER
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 5
- •PRICE LEVELS AND THE GOLD STANDARD
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 6
- •RISING PRICES AND THE STANDARD
- •References.
- •PART II
- •BANKING AND INSURANCE
- •CHAPTER 7
- •THE FUNCTIONS OF BANKS
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 8
- •BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE 1914
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 9
- •THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 10
- •CRISES AND INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSIONS
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 11
- •INSTITUTIONS FOR SAVING AND INVESTMENT
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 12
- •PRINCIPLES OF INSURANCE
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 13
- •SCIENTIFIC LIFE INSURANCE
- •References.
- •PART III
- •TARIFF AND TAXATION
- •CHAPTER 14
- •AMERICAN TARIFF HISTORY
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 15
- •INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 16
- •THE POLICY OF A PROTECTIVE TARIFF
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 17
- •OBJECTS AND PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 18
- •PROPERTY AND CORPORATION TAXES
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 19
- •PERSONAL TAXES
- •References.
- •PART IV
- •WAGES AND LABOR
- •CHAPTER 20
- •METHODS OF INDUSTRIAL REMUNERATION
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 21
- •ORGANIZED LABOR
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 22
- •PUBLIC REGULATION OF HOURS AND WAGES
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 23
- •OTHER PROTECTIVE LABOR AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 24
- •SOCIAL INSURANCE
- •Accident Insurance
- •Old-Age and Invalidity Pensions
- •Health Insurance
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 25
- •POPULATION AND IMMIGRATION
- •References.
- •PART V
- •PUBLIC POLICY TOWARD PRIVATE INDUSTRY
- •CHAPTER 26
- •AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL POPULATION
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 27
- •PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 28
- •THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 29
- •RAILROAD REGULATION
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 30
- •THE PROBLEM OF INDUSTRIAL MONOPOLY
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 31
- •PUBLIC POLICY IN RESPECT TO MONOPOLY
- •References.
- •PART VI
- •PRIVATE PROPERTY VERSUS SOCIALISM
- •CHAPTER 32
- •THE PRESENT ECONOMIC SYSTEM
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 33
- •PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 34
- •METHODS OF DISTRIBUTION
- •References.
- •CHAPTER 35
- •SOCIALISM, PRESENT AND FUTURE
- •References.
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the railroads had large or small interests within the state. These statements can with approximate truth now be made in the past tense, as was not possible a few years ago. A better code of business morality has developed, and the railroad management’s relationship of private trusteeship toward the shareholders and of public trusteeship toward the patrons of the road is now much more fully recognized. The change was not brought about, however, without long and strenuous agitation and effort, educational and legislative.
References.
Gephart, W. F., The place of the canal in a national system of transportation. A. E. Assn. Bul., 4th ser., 1 (no. 2): 188-196. 1911. Round table discussion, 197-203.
Hadley, A. T., Railroad transportation. N. Y. Putnam. 1884.
Johnson, E. R., American railway transportation. 3d ed. N. Y. Appleton. 1908.
Johnson, E. R., Inland waterway policy. A. E. Assn. Bul., 4th ser., 1: 166-174. 1911.
Johnson, E. R., The Panama Canal and commerce. Pp. 295. New York. Appleton. 1916.
Johnson, E. R., and Huebner, G. G., Principles of ocean transportation. N. Y. Appleton. 1918.
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Fig. 1, Chapter 29.—Main Railroads and Rate Districts of the U. S.
Map reproduced by kind permission of Denoyer-Geppert Co., Chicago, from Map. A 19 (in colors) in the Hart American History Series; to which have been added the outlines of rate districts referred to in decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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