2. Make a study of unemployment in your locality, with particular reference to unemployment due to
(a) climatic changes,
(b) changes in fashion,
(c) accidents, such as fire, flood or earthquake.
3. Interview an elderly friend or relative, with the purpose of securing a definite idea of the condition of the working classes a half century ago. Contrast with the condition of the laborers to-day.
4. Make a list of the notable inventions of the nineteenth century. To what extent has each increased the productivity and well-being of the various occupational groups in your community?
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5. History of socialism. (Consult an encyclopedia.)
6. Varieties of socialism. (Ely, Outlines of Economics, chapter xxx.)
7. The Iron Law of wages. (Le Rossignol, Orthodox Socialism, chapter iii.)