Economics, vol. 2: Modern Economic Problems

Vol. 2 of Fetter’s 2 volume survey of economics written while he was a professor at Princeton University. In this volume he deals the following problems: money and princes, banking and insurance, tariffs and taxation, wages and labor,regulation of industry, and socialism.
Economics, vol. 2: Modern Economic Problems, 2nd edition, revised (New York: The Century Co., 1923).
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- Author: Frank A. Fetter
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Table of Contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- FOREWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION.
- Modern Economic Problems
- PART I: MONEY AND PRICES
- CHAPTER 1: NATURE OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
- References:
- CHAPTER 2: ORIGIN AND NATURE OF MONEY
- References.
- CHAPTER 3: COMMODITY MONEY AND THE QUANTITY THEORY
- References.
- CHAPTER 4: FIDUCIARY MONEY, METAL AND PAPER
- References.
- CHAPTER 5: PRICE LEVELS AND THE GOLD STANDARD
- References.
- CHAPTER 6: RISING PRICES AND THE STANDARD
- References.
- PART II: BANKING AND INSURANCE
- CHAPTER 7: THE FUNCTIONS OF BANKS
- References.
- CHAPTER 8: BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE 1914
- References.
- CHAPTER 9: THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT
- References.
- CHAPTER 10: CRISES AND INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSIONS
- References.
- CHAPTER 11: INSTITUTIONS FOR SAVING AND INVESTMENT
- References.
- CHAPTER 12: PRINCIPLES OF INSURANCE
- References.
- CHAPTER 13: SCIENTIFIC LIFE INSURANCE
- References.
- PART III: TARIFF AND TAXATION
- CHAPTER 14: AMERICAN TARIFF HISTORY
- References.
- CHAPTER 15: INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- References.
- CHAPTER 16: THE POLICY OF A PROTECTIVE TARIFF
- References.
- CHAPTER 17: OBJECTS AND PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION
- References.
- CHAPTER 18: PROPERTY AND CORPORATION TAXES
- References.
- CHAPTER 19: PERSONAL TAXES
- References.
- PART IV: WAGES AND LABOR
- CHAPTER 20: METHODS OF INDUSTRIAL REMUNERATION
- References.
- CHAPTER 21: ORGANIZED LABOR
- References.
- CHAPTER 22: PUBLIC REGULATION OF HOURS AND WAGES
- References.
- CHAPTER 23: OTHER PROTECTIVE LABOR AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION
- References.
- CHAPTER 24: SOCIAL INSURANCE
- Accident Insurance
- Old-Age and Invalidity Pensions
- Health Insurance
- References.
- CHAPTER 25: POPULATION AND IMMIGRATION
- References.
- PART V: PUBLIC POLICY TOWARD PRIVATE INDUSTRY
- CHAPTER 26: AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL POPULATION
- References.
- CHAPTER 27: PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
- References.
- CHAPTER 28: THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
- References.
- CHAPTER 29: RAILROAD REGULATION
- References.
- CHAPTER 30: THE PROBLEM OF INDUSTRIAL MONOPOLY
- References.
- CHAPTER 31: PUBLIC POLICY IN RESPECT TO MONOPOLY
- References.
- PART VI: PRIVATE PROPERTY VERSUS SOCIALISM
- CHAPTER 32: THE PRESENT ECONOMIC SYSTEM
- References.
- CHAPTER 33: PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
- References.
- CHAPTER 34: METHODS OF DISTRIBUTION
- References.
- CHAPTER 35: SOCIALISM, PRESENT AND FUTURE
- References.
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