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... result in discouraging any one from borrowing , unless he really needs the money and is willing to pay for it . Summary . Industrial depressions and crises are closely related . Industrial depressions come when goods cannot be sold at a ...
... result in discouraging any one from borrowing , unless he really needs the money and is willing to pay for it . Summary . Industrial depressions and crises are closely related . Industrial depressions come when goods cannot be sold at a ...
Page 254
... result of conditions inherent in the business , making competition self - destruc- tive , is one of the great economic problems of our day . Advocates of municipal ownership present arguments like the following : 1. Private ownership is ...
... result of conditions inherent in the business , making competition self - destruc- tive , is one of the great economic problems of our day . Advocates of municipal ownership present arguments like the following : 1. Private ownership is ...
Page 307
... result of the abolition of interest ? Savings - banks , as a rule , paid to depositors 4 per cent during the year 1920-1921 . A larger rate of interest could be secured by investing in Liberty Bonds or in stocks and bonds of many ...
... result of the abolition of interest ? Savings - banks , as a rule , paid to depositors 4 per cent during the year 1920-1921 . A larger rate of interest could be secured by investing in Liberty Bonds or in stocks and bonds of many ...
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Adam Smith advantages agriculture American amount automobile balance of trade birth-rate bonds budget bushels capital cause cent chiefly child labor circulation closed shop coal companies competition consumer consumption corporation death-rate demand dollars duction economic eight-hour day employers employment Engel's Law example exchange expenses exports factory farm farmer favor Federal Reserve Bank Federal Reserve notes gold Goodyear immigrants important income increased industry investment labor unions land less loans luxury machinery manufacturing marginal utility minimum-wage laws monopoly National Bank natural monopolies necessary operation ownership paid paper money payment person population production of wealth profits protective tariff purchase railroads rate of interest rent result revenue rise secondary boycott secure sell ships social SPECIAL REPORTS standard of living supply taxation tion token money TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION trade unions United utility wages wants wheat York