FOREWORD CHAPTER 1. MATERIAL RESOURCES OF THE NATION CHAPTER 2. THE PRESENT ECONOMIC SYSTEM CHAPTER 3. NATURE, USE AND COINAGE OF MONEY CHAPTER 4. THE VALUE OF MONEY CHAPTER 5. FIDUCIARY MONEY, METAL AND PAPER CHAPTER 6. THE STANDARD OF DEFERRED PAYMENTS CHAPTER 7. THE FUNCTIONS OF BANKS CHAPTER 8. BANKING IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE 1914 CHAPTER 9. THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT CHAPTER 10. CRISES AND INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSIONS CHAPTER 11. INSTITUTIONS FOR SAVING AND INVESTMENT CHAPTER 12. PRINCIPLES OF INSURANCE CHAPTER 13. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CHAPTER 14. THE POLICY OF A PROTECTIVE TARIFF CHAPTER 15. AMERICAN TARIFF HISTORY CHAPTER 16. OBJECTS AND PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION CHAPTER 17. PROPERTY AND CORPORATION TAXES CHAPTER 18. PERSONAL TAXES CHAPTER 19. METHODS OF INDUSTRIAL REMUNERATION CHAPTER 20. ORGANIZED LABOR CHAPTER 21. PUBLIC REGULATION OF HOURS AND WAGES CHAPTER 22. OTHER PROTECTIVE LABOR AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION CHAPTER 23. SOCIAL INSURANCE CHAPTER 24. POPULATION AND IMMIGRATION CHAPTER 25. AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL POPULATION CHAPTER 26. PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS CHAPTER 27. THE RAILROAD PROBLEM CHAPTER 28. THE PROBLEM OF INDUSTRIAL MONOPOLY CHAPTER 29. PUBLIC POLICY IN RESPECT TO MONOPOLY CHAPTER 30. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP CHAPTER 31. SOME ASPECTS OF SOCIALISM