F. W. Taussig, Principles of Economics, Vol. II, pp. 419-442 (Industrial Combinations);
F. A. Ogg, National Progress, pp. 58-75 (The Legal Control of Industrial Combinations);
L. H. Haney, Business Organization and Combination, pp. 81-116;
E. D. Durand, The Trust Problem, pp. 9-30;
J. R. Commons, Labor and Administration, pp. 120-148;
F. A. Fetter, Modern Economic Problems, pp. 427-457;
Isaac Lippincott, Economic Development of the United States, pp. 469-490. See also U. S. Bureau of the Census: Abstract of the Census of Manufacturers, 1914, ch. vi, vii.
Group Problems
1. The advantages and defects of large industrial organizations. Advantages of large-scale production. Are large organizations essential to large-scale production? Large industrial organizations and monopoly. Some examples. The distinction between “good trusts” and “bad trusts”. Can large organizations be effectively regulated? Summary of merits and defects. References: F. W. Taussig, Principles of Economics, Vol. II, pp. 419-442; L. H. Haney, Business Organization and Combination, pp. 365-382; E. D. Durand, The Trust Problem, pp. 60-85; W. Z. Ripley, Trusts, Pools, and Corporations, pp. 324-355; J. T. Young, The New American Government and Its Work, pp. 141-186; John Moody, The Truth about the Trusts, pp. 102-132; E. S. Meade, Trust Finance, pp. 193-217; Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography, pp. 476-515.
2. The position of women in industry—past, present, and future. References: Edith Abbott, Women in Industry, especially pp. 1-9; 215-245; 307-323; T. S. Adams and H. L. Sumner, Labor Problems, pp. 19-67; J. A. Hobson, Evolution of Modern Capitalism, pp. 290-321; John Mitchell, Organized Labor, pp. 131-141; B. L. Hutchins, Women in Modern Industry, pp. 239-265.