Manual of References and Exercises in Economics for Use with Volume II. Modern Economic Problems

by Frank A. Fetter

MANUAL
OF REFERENCES AND EXERCISES
IN ECONOMICS

FOR USE WITH
VOLUME II. MODERN ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

BY
FRANK A. FETTER, Ph.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1917

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CONTENTS

[FOREWORD]
[CHAPTER 1. MATERIAL RESOURCES OF THE NATION]
[CHAPTER 2. THE PRESENT ECONOMIC SYSTEM]
[CHAPTER 3. NATURE, USE AND COINAGE OF MONEY]
[CHAPTER 4. THE VALUE OF MONEY]
[CHAPTER 5. FIDUCIARY MONEY, METAL AND PAPER]
[CHAPTER 6. THE STANDARD OF DEFERRED PAYMENTS]
[CHAPTER 7. THE FUNCTIONS OF BANKS]
[CHAPTER 8. BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE 1914]
[CHAPTER 9. THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT]
[CHAPTER 10. CRISES AND INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSIONS]
[CHAPTER 11. INSTITUTIONS FOR SAVING AND INVESTMENT]
[CHAPTER 12. PRINCIPLES OF INSURANCE]
[CHAPTER 13. INTERNATIONAL TRADE]
[CHAPTER 14. THE POLICY OF A PROTECTIVE TARIFF]
[CHAPTER 15. AMERICAN TARIFF HISTORY]
[CHAPTER 16. OBJECTS AND PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION]
[CHAPTER 17. PROPERTY AND CORPORATION TAXES]
[CHAPTER 18. PERSONAL TAXES]
[CHAPTER 19. METHODS OF INDUSTRIAL REMUNERATION]
[CHAPTER 20. ORGANIZED LABOR]
[CHAPTER 21. PUBLIC REGULATION OF HOURS AND WAGES]
[CHAPTER 22. OTHER PROTECTIVE LABOR AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION]
[CHAPTER 23. SOCIAL INSURANCE]
[CHAPTER 24. POPULATION AND IMMIGRATION]
[CHAPTER 25. AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL POPULATION]
[CHAPTER 26. PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS]
[CHAPTER 27. THE RAILROAD PROBLEM]
[CHAPTER 28. THE PROBLEM OF INDUSTRIAL MONOPOLY]
[CHAPTER 29. PUBLIC POLICY IN RESPECT TO MONOPOLY]
[CHAPTER 30. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP]
[CHAPTER 31. SOME ASPECTS OF SOCIALISM]

[FOREWORD]

This Manual follows the lines of the "Manual of References and Exercises," published in the autumn of 1916, to accompany the volume on Economic Principles.