The Next Step: A Plan for Economic World Federation

by Scott Nearing

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INDEX

Acquisition, menace of, [156]
Administration, basis of world, [119]
Administrative and producing groups, [111]
Administrative authority, concentration of, [81]
Administration boards, function of, [122]
America, resource monopoly of, [19]
American imports, [125]
American industry, phases of, [59]
Association, scope of, [53]
Authority, centralization of, [81]
Bankers, as arbiters of industry, [102]
Bankers, power of, [102]
Barriers to progress, [147]
Basic industries, and resources, [19]
British foreign investments, [39]
Brotherhood, new possibilities of, [20]
Budget board, [131]
Budget deficits, [30]
Business and geographic lines, [62]
Business federation, development of, [105]
Business organization, nature of, [61]
Business, world character of, [62]
Capital, transfers of to producer groups, [131]
Capitalism and nationalism, [63]
Capitalism and profiteering, [65]
Capitalism and the class struggle, [66]
Capitalism, assumptions of, [139]
Capitalism, centralization of, [63]
Capitalism, establishment of, [36]
Capitalism, failure of, [62]
Capitalism, growth of, [66]
Capitalism in the Western world, [36]
Capitalism, initiative under, [63]
Capitalism, limitations on, [62]
Capitalism, modifications in, [140]
Capitalism, plutocracy under, [65]
Capitalism, world rôle of, [62]
Capitalist experiment, [138]
Catastrophe, menace of, [146]
Centralization, in American industry, [59]
Chance, part of in progress, [136]
Change and chaos, [48]
Chaos and change, [48]
Class struggle, and capitalism, [66]
Climate and civilization, [45]
Civilization and climate, [45]
Coal, as a factor in civilization, [78]
Coal, production of, [17]
Coal surplus, where found, [18]
Commerce, growth of, [20]
Commodity basis for money, [129]
Communication, as a world problem, [127]
Communication, development of, [16]
Competition, and war, [34]
Competition, justification of, [38]
Competition, morality of, [140]
Competition, place of, [139]
Competition, profit incentive in, [39]
Conflict and economic antagonism, [41]
Conscious social improvement, [146]
Consumption, education for, [161]
Consumption, wisdom in, [159]
Co-operation, in modern industry, [37]
Co-operation, necessity for, [80]

Co-operative world organization, [102]
Copper production, world figures, [18]
Credit, as a business factor, [103]
Creation, stimulation of, [157]
Creative forces, scope for, [163]
Culture and human aspiration, [162]
Debts of European nations, [29]
Deficits, in European budgets, [30]
Depression, present condition of, [13]
Disputes, adjustment of, [132]
Disputes board, [132]
Distribution and the social revolution, [46]
Distribution of world wealth, [42]
Distribution of resources, [17]
District and division compared, [93]
District committees, [91]
Divisional congress, organization of, [94]
District economic units, [72]
District organization, detail of, [90]
Divisional and district organization compared, [93]
District federations, functions of, [110]
Divisional federations, listed, [111]
Divisional organization, [72]
Economic activity, worldizing of, [15]
Economic affiliations, series of, [73]
Economic authority, location of, [102]
Economic aggression, future of, [125]
Economic bureaucracy, [59]
Economic causes of war, [34]
Economic change, working basis for, [70]
Economic changes, frequency of, [62]
Economic chaos, source of, [33]
Economic competition, extent of, [38]
Economic co-operation, necessity for, [20]
Economic depression, results of, [31]
Economic determinism, effects of, [15]
Economic disaster, menace of, [29]
Economic disintegration, signs of, [31]
Economic district organization, [90]
Economic evolution illustrated, [66]
Economic federalism, [59]
Economic forms, [60]
Economic foundations, [51]
Economic foundations for world organization, [23]
Economic groupings, listed, [57]
Economic institutions, instability of, in Europe, [28]
Economic interdependence, [18]
Economic isolation no longer possible, [15]
Economic justice, need for, [26]
Economic leadership, [85]
Economic life, chaos in, [67]
Economic life, new basis for, [47]
Economic machinery, ownership of, [84]
Economic muddle, [28]
Economic organization by divisions, [92]
Economic organization, details of, [88]
Economic organization, need for science in, [69]
Economic needs, [14]
Economic needs, enumerated, [44]
Economic organization, by districts, [72]
Economic organization, lines of, [58]
Economic organization, nature of, [60]
Economic organization, world units of, [72]
Economic power, and the bankers, [103]

Economic power, for the producers, [117]
Economic problems, enumerated, [36]
Economic problems, growing complexity of, [15]
Economic problems, nature of, [36]
Economic program, basis for, [22]
Economic questions of world scope, [121]
Economic reconstruction, principles of, [25]
Economic rivalries and war, [41]
Economic self-government illustrated, [88]
Economic statesmanship, [23]
Economic states rights, [59]
Economic structure, nature of, [69]
Economic structure, variation in, [69]
Economic system, divisions of, [57]
Economic units, character of, [70]
Economic units, classes of, [71]
Economic units, efficiency in, [69]
Economic units, integrity of, [80]
Economic units, local control of, [89]
Economic units, nature of local units, [71]
Economic units, needs of, [79]
Economic units, productivity in, [80]
Economic world outlook, [28]
Education, function of, [141]
Education, possibilities of, [142]
Energy, rewarding of, [83]
Engineers, present position of, [34]
European bankruptcy, threat of, [28]
European budget deficits, [30]
European war debts, [29]
Exchange and credit board, [128]
Executive, functions of, [86]
Executives, selection of, [86]
Expansion, costs of, [64]
Experience, costs of, [141]
Experiment, social value of, [135]
Experiment, uncertainty of, [140]
Expert, selection of, [86]
Exploitation, increase of, [41]
Federalism, principle of, [53]
Federation, in social organization, [104]
Finance, derangement in, [29]
Financial imperialism, costs of, [64]
Financial imperialism illustrated, [39]
Food Imports of Great Britain, [19]
Financial stability, basis for, [29]
Forethought, possibilities of, [142]
Foreign exchange, demoralization of, [31]
Foreign investment as a science, [39]
Freedom, human desire for, [152]
Freedom, struggles for, [152]
Functional economic units, [57]
Geographic divisions, organization of, [92]
Geographic units, scope of, [72]
Government control of industry, [37]
Great Britain, food imports of, [19]
Great Britain, foreign investments of, [39]
Great revolution, phases of, [49]
Hard times, history of, [31]
Hiring and firing, new plan for, [89]
Human aspiration and culture, [162]
Human effort, results of, [46]
Human nature, limitations on, [158]
Human values, conservation of, [79]
Hunger struggle, elimination of, [153]
Ideal and the real, [74]
Improvements and betterments, [25]
Imperialism, costs of, [64]
Imports of the United States, [125]
Income distribution, [36]
Indebtedness, since the war, [29]

Industrial change, through discovery and invention, [16]
Industrial efficiency, need of, [25]
Industrial federation, groups of, [108]
Industrial federations, problems of, [107]
Industrial leaders, change in type, [67]
Industrial organization, evolution of, [61]
Industrial revolution, and production, [47]
Industrial revolution, effects of, [47]
Industrial revolution, spread of, [15]
Industrial revolution, suddenness of, [47]
Industrial system, characteristics of, [101]
Industrial waste, [32]
Industrial waste, responsibility for, [32]
Industrialism, effects of, [16]
Industries, interrelation of, [37]
Industry, dependence on raw material, [16]
Industry, divisional organization of, [92]
Industry, government control of, [37]
Initiative, loss of under capitalism, [63]
Initiative, stimulation of, [83]
Intelligent social direction, [145]
Iron ore, production of, [17]
Job-ownership, [36]
Judiciary, basis for, [132]
Knowledge, accumulations of, [143]
Knowledge, additions to, [143]
Knowledge through suffering, [144]
Knowledge, through trial and error, [135]
Labor federation, development of, [105]
Labor units of value, [129]
Laissez-faire, abandonment of, [146]
Leadership, changes in type of, [67]
Leadership, classes of, [86]
Leadership in economic affairs, [85]
Leadership, methods of selection, [87]
Leadership, selection of executives, [86]
Leadership, through heredity, [87]
Leadership, through self-selection, [87]
Leadership, through social choice, [88]
League Covenant, principles of, [23]
League of nations failure, [23]
Leisure, function of, [162]
Liberty, through producers' organization, [159]
Life, continuity of, [14]
Limitations on capitalism, [62]
Livelihood, guarantee of, [45]
Livelihood struggle, [43]
Loans, under a producers society, [131]
Local autonomy, necessity for, [60]
Local economic problems, [36]
Local economic units described, [71]
Local economic units, details of, [88]
Local federations, character of, [109]
Local federations, problems of, [109]
Local initiative under capitalism, [63]
Machine ownership and self-government, [85]
Manufacturing, divisions of, [58]
Mass life, effects of, [139]
Mass meetings, for public issues, [92]
Maximum advantage, law of, [75]
Maximum efficiency, need of, [78]
Maximum returns, essentials for, [79]

Meliorism, interest in, [74]
Militarism, in Europe, [35]
Minimum outlay, law of, [77]
Modern business methods illustrated, [39]
Modern warfare, costs of, [64]
Money as a commodity, [129]
Money, function of, [128]
Money, future of, [128]
Money, labor as a basis for, [129]
Money, present uses of, [129]
Monopoly profit, law of, [33]
National boundaries and business, [62]
Nationalism and capitalism, [63]
Nationalism, and existing problems, [121]
Nationalism, and world progress, [63]
Nationalism, costs of, [64]
Nationalism, failure of, [64]
Nationalism, narrowness of, [64]
Natural resources, classified, [45]
Necessities, provision of, [161]
Next steps, [149]
Next war, preparations for, [35]
Organic function, [54]
Organic nature of society, [53]
Organization, difficulties in, [152]
Organization, need for, [151]
Organization of world federation, [113]
Organization, world need of, [101]
Owners, organization of, [61]
Ownership of economic machinery, [84]
Paper money, issues of, [29]
Parliament, for the world, [113]
Physical hardship, elimination of, [154]
Plutocracy, growth of, [65]
Policy, decision of by self-direction, [85]
Political federation, experience with, [104]
Political life, organization of, [73]
Politics, elimination of, [112]
Possession, emphasis on, [156]
Poverty, losses through, [14]
Power, centralization in industrial groups, [112]
Present-day economic problems, [36]
Primitive society, economic issues in, [15]
Primitive struggle, freedom from, [153]
Producer groups, organization of, [73]
Producers, future of, [117]
Producers, power to, [117]
Producers' federations, by districts, [110]
Producers' federations, groups of, [108]
Producers' world federation, character of, [111]
Producer groups, control of industry by, [104]
Production, necessity for, [44]
Production of raw materials, [17]
Productivity, necessity for maintaining, [80]
Producing and administrative groups, [111]
Production versus profit, [33]
Profit and competition, [39]
Profit versus welfare, [68]
Profiteers, and capitalism, [65]
Progress, barriers to, [147]
Progress of self-government, [97]
Progress through experiment, [137]
Raw materials, limitations on, [17]
Raw materials, struggle for, [39]
Reconstruction, economic basis for, [49]
Reconstruction, principles of, [25]
Resource control, as a world problem, [122]
Resources and raw materials board, [124]

Resources, relation of to basic industries, [19]
Results and initiative, [84]
Sabotage, [33]
Science and society, [51]
Sectionalism, failure of, [100]
Self-government in local economic affairs, [88]
Self-motivation, need of, [80]
Self-government, progress of, [97]
Selection of leaders, [87]
Separatism, passing of, [20]
Servility, elimination of, [155]
Shop committees, organization of, [88]
Social administration, difficulties of, [74]
Social book-keeping, function of, [103]
Social change and intelligence, [145]
Social disaster, as a means to knowledge, [144]
Social drive, basis of, [82]
Social experiment, basis for, [145]
Social federation and social activity, [57]
Social groups, federation of, [57]
Social functions, specialization of, [56]
Social improvement, [146]
Social inertia as a problem, [82]
Social knowledge, accumulations of, [143]
Social knowledge, limitations on, [52]
Social machinery and body machinery, [54]
Social organization, of the owners, [61]
Social organization through federation, [104]
Social organization, through producers, [117]
Social philosophy, restatement of, [146]
Social problems, handling of, [148]
Social relations, growing complexity of, [56]
Social revolution and distribution, [46]
Social science, future of, [148]
Social science, needs of, [146]
Social science, principles of, [51]
Social structure, nature of, [61], [69]
Society, as an organism, [53]
Society, science of, [52]
Sources of economic waste, [32]
Soviet Russia, and world peace, [34]
Specialists, place of in world administration, [123]
Specialization in society, [55]
Standard Oil Company, [59]
Statesmanship, economic foundations of, [23]
Success qualities, [150]
Suffering as a basis for progress, [144]
Surplus, effect on human effort, [77]
Transport, place of in industry, [127]
Trial and error in society, [135]
Underground organization of business, [67]
Value, new standards of, [130]
War, economic causes of, [34]
War debts, [29]
War, elimination of, [154]
World finance, chaos in, [29]
War, forms of, [154]
War, increased cost of, [64]
War, new preparations for, [35]
War, object of, [155]
War promises, failure of, [13]
War-menace, and chaos in industry, [34]
Waste in industry, [32]
Wealth concentration, effects of, [43]
Wealth distribution, [36]
Wealth, distribution of, [42]

Wealth of nations, [42]
World administration, [119]
World administration, basis of, [119]
World administration, detail of, [133]
World administration, field of, [120]
World authority, lack of, [106]
World commerce, growth of, [20]
World common interests, [26]
World conflict, sources of, [27]
World disillusionment, [13]
World economic organization, detail of, [88]
World economic organization, diagram of, [97]
World economic questions, [121]
World economic solidarity, [22]
World economics and the League, [23]
World economics, chaos in, [28]
World federation, detail of organization, [113]
World industrial congress, organization of, [96]
World industrial units, [72]
World industry, organization of, [95]
World isolation, passing of, [20]
World need of organization, [101]
World organization, beginnings in, [24]
World organization, principles of, [25]
World parliament, organization of, [113]
World organization, problem of, [24]
World parliament, possibilities of, [120]
World politics and the League, [23]
World problems, enumerated, [122]
World problems, method of approach, [121]
World producers' federation, character of, [111]
World producers' federation, form of, [107]
World producers' federation, scope of, [112]
World producers' federation, structure of, [113]
World reconstruction, basis for, [49]
World resources, distribution of, [17]
World thinking and organization, [26]
World thinking, basis for, [100]
World thinking, economic basis of, [22]
World wealth, distribution of, [42]
Worldizing economic activity, [15]

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