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Grundriss der politischen Ökonomie Bd. 1: Allgemeine Volkswirtschaftslehre

1920

by Philippovich

Eugen von PhilippovichBankingEconomic PolicyInsuranceLabor LawPovertySocial PolicyWagesReal IncomeStock ExchangeInfrastructureTrade PolicySozialpolitikAdam SmithCapitalismIndustrial RevolutionInternational TradeJohann Heinrich von ThunenLujo BrentanoProduction CostsWerner SombartEconomic HistoryAlbert SchaffleEmil SaxPublic GoodsAdolf WagnerCompetitionSubsidiesTaxationNationalizationFederalismSocial DemocracyLabor MarketAccountingAgricultureProtectionismFriedrich ListKarl KniesGeopoliticsEconomies of ScaleCapital IntensityPrice FormationSupply and DemandAmerican RevolutionDivision of LaborCooperativesExchange ValueGustav SchmollerInterventionismPrice TheoryCredit ExpansionPublic HealthBanknotesBank of EnglandDiscount RateMoney MarketReichsbankBusiness CyclesBank of FranceMax WeberSpeculationCartelsCapital MovementsWalter BagehotCapital TheoryFiat MoneyFree BankingLegal TenderFederal ReserveExchange RatesOpen Market OperationsMonetary ReformInterest RatesBureaucracyInnovationMonopolyRationalizationRudolf HilferdingCentral BankingPublic FinanceInvestmentClassical EconomicsIncome DistributionPhysiocracyProductivityJean Charles Léonard de SismondiCapital AccumulationSocial JusticeCollective BargainingTrade UnionsWelfare StateGuildsLabor MobilityUnemploymentForced SavingEmil LedererCarl MengerDavid RicardoJohn Stuart MillKarl MarxSocialismMinimum WageProfit and LossAlfred MarshallKarl KautskyStandard of LivingJohann Karl RodbertusDemographyOthmar Spann

Table of Contents · 345 segments

1
Title Pages and Publication Informationessay
2
Preface to the First through Third Editionsessay
3
Preface to the Fourth Editionessay
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Preface to the Fifth Editionessay
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Table of Contents: Prefaces and Opening of Book Fourchapter
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Continuation of the Table of Contents for Transport, Trade, Banking, Income, Labor, and Poor Relief Policybibliography
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List of Abbreviations Usedbibliography
8
General Economic Significance and Effects of Transport Meanstheoretical
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Development of Transport before Railways and Steamships: Land Routeschapter
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Development of Inland Navigation and Canalschapter
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Development of Maritime Shipping before Steam Navigationchapter
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Postal Services, Telegraphy, Telephony, and the Organization of Communicationschapter
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Beginning of the Modern Transport Epoch: Railways and Steamshipschapter
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Development of Railways: Network Growth, Speed, Capacity, and Freight Costschapter
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Bibliography on Railway Development and Statisticsbibliography
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Steam Navigation: Technical Development, Merchant Fleets, and Maritime Freight Costschapter
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Bibliography on Steam Shipping and Maritime Transportbibliography
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Railway Organization and Policy: Classification of Lines and Public Interestschapter
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Bibliography on Small Railways and Lower-Order Railwaysbibliography
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The Administrative Principle of Railways: Monopoly, Competition, and Bureaucratic Managementchapter
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Concessioning Private Railways: State Control, Duties, and Rightschapter
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Bibliography on Railway Concessions and Railway Lawbibliography
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State Support for Private Railwayschapter
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Theoretical arguments for and against state and private railway systemstheoretical
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Bibliography for theoretical arguments on railway ownershipbibliography
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Introduction to the development of railway policy in Europe and the United Stateschapter
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Railway policy in the German Reichessay
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Bibliography for German railway policybibliography
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Railway policy in Austria and Hungaryessay
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Bibliography for Austrian and Hungarian railway policybibliography
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Railway policy in Great Britainessay
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Bibliography for British railway policybibliography
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Railway policy in Franceessay
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Bibliography for French railway policybibliography
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Railway policy in Italyessay
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Bibliography for Italian railway policybibliography
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Railway policy in the United Statesessay
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Bibliography for United States railway policybibliography
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Railway policy in other countriesessay
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Bibliography for railway policy in other countriesbibliography
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The condition of railway employeeschapter
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Railway Strikes and Public-Service Employmentchapter
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German and Prussian Railway Employee Associations and Welfarechapter
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German Railway Duty and Rest-Time Regulationschapter
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Austrian Railway Employee Organization, Salaries, Insurance, and Welfarechapter
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Austrian Railway Worker Protection Law and Sourcesbibliography
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Railway Labor Organization and Labor Policy in Europechapter
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General Concepts of Railway Tariffstheoretical
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Principles of Railway Tariff Formationtheoretical
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Major Railway Tariff Systemstheoretical
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Differential Railway Tariffs and Their Regulationtheoretical
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Direct Tariffs, Railway Tariff Associations, and Tariff Cartelstheoretical
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State Tariff Sovereignty and Public Control of Railway Rateschapter
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Development of Freight Tariffs in Germany and Austriachapter
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Freight Tariff Unity, Exceptional Tariffs, and Austrian Rate Tablechapter
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Bibliography on German and Austrian Freight Tariffsbibliography
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Passenger Tariffs: Costs, Classes, and Utilizationchapter
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Critique of Distance Passenger Fares and the Personenporto Proposalchapter
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Passenger Tariff Reforms in Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Comparative Systemschapter
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Bibliography on Passenger Tariff Reform and Personenportobibliography
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Railways in the Service of Economic Policychapter
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Bibliography for Railways and Economic Policybibliography
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Inland Waterways: Scope, Classification, and Modern Revivalchapter
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British, Irish and French Inland Waterwayschapter
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German Inland Waterways, Traffic Concentration, and Canal Projectschapter
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Other European and American Inland Waterway Systemschapter
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Economic Advantages and Limits of Inland Navigation Compared with Railwaystheoretical
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Panama Canal, Suez Comparison, and Prospective World Trade Shiftschapter
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Bibliography for Inland Waterways and Canal Policybibliography
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Administration of Inland Waterways: Private and State Systemschapter
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German Waterway Dues, Free Navigation, and State Transport Monopolytheoretical
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Dues on Inland Waterways: Cost Recovery, Public Roads, and Competitiontheoretical
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Bibliography on Inland Waterway Duesbibliography
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Development of Ocean Shipping in the Nineteenth Centurychapter
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The Suez Canal and the Shift Toward Steam Shippingchapter
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Persistence of Sailing Ships and Differentiation of Steamship Serviceschapter
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Ship Ownership Forms and Statistical Decline of Sailing Fleetschapter
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Bibliography on the Economic and Technical Development of Seafaringbibliography
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Definitions of Free Shipping and Liner Shippingchapter
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Chartering, Bulk Cargo, and the Economics of Free Shippingchapter
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Shipbrokers, Global Freight Intelligence, and Charter Orderschapter
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Tramp Shipping Flexibility and Seasonal Cargo Strategytheoretical
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Limits of Tramp Shipping and the Rise of Liner Servicestheoretical
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Capital Costs and Load Advantages of Liner Shippingtheoretical
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Direct Lines, Early Regular Services, and Steamship Expansiontheoretical
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Ship Technology and Global Ocean Routestheoretical
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Bibliography on Ocean Commerce and Shipping Routesbibliography
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Economies of Scale in Large Shipping Enterprisestheoretical
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Large-Scale Passenger Shipping and Interline Agreementstheoretical
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Sea Shipping: Fleet Expansion, Canals, Port Growth, and Emigrant Trafficchapter
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Sea Shipping Organization: Fusions, Pools, Atlantic Agreements, and Liner Trustschapter
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Sea Shipping Profitability, Concentration, and Shipping Trust Financeschapter
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Bibliography on Shipping Organization, Trusts, Profitability, and Concentrationbibliography
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Sea Freight Rates: Price Formation under Competitiontheoretical
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Sea Freight Rate Fluctuations, Cost Comparisons, and Long-Run Declinechapter
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Ocean Freight Pricing, Liner Competition, and Rate Stabilizationchapter
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Bibliography on Ocean Shipping Rates and Passenger Tariffsbibliography
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Ports: Natural Advantages, River Harbors, Ship Size, and Facilitieschapter
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Port Ownership and Administration in Comparative Perspectivechapter
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Customs Treatment, Free Ports, and Free Districtschapter
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Port Improvement Costs, Harbor Dues, and Loading Efficiencychapter
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Trade-Political Character of Seaports and Hinterland Trafficchapter
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Bibliography on World Seaports, Free Ports, and Modern Seaport Sensitivitybibliography
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The State and Maritime Shippingchapter
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Continuation: U.S. Merchant Marine Subsidy Bill Provisionsessay
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Bibliography on Shipping Policy and Steamship Subsidiesbibliography
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Technological Change and the Transformation of Seafaring Laboressay
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Crew Composition, Recruitment, and Merchant Marine Staffing Statisticsessay
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Seafarer Wages, Foreign Labor Competition, and Unemploymentessay
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Working Hours and Rest Periods at Sea and in Portessay
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Food, Lodging, and Inspection Duties in the Seamen’s Labor Contractessay
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Public Supervision of Seamen’s Contracts and Labor Brokerage Abusesessay
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Seamen’s Organizations, Dock Strikes, and Shipowners’ Associationsessay
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Comparative Social Welfare and Labor Protection for Seafarersessay
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Bibliography on the Condition of Seafarers and Maritime Laborbibliography
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Book Five, Domestic Trade: Nature and Branches of Tradechapter
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Development of Forms of Tradechapter
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The Economic Significance of Tradechapter
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Old Retailers’ Reaction and the Historical Development of Tradechapter
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Bibliography on Trade, Trade Policy, and Small Retailbibliography
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Consumer Cooperatives as Retail Organizations and Their Economic Advantageschapter
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Critiques of Consumer Cooperatives and Philippovich’s Evaluationchapter
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Empirical Evidence on Middlemen Markups and the Expansion of Retail Tradechapter
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Taxation, Legal Restrictions, and Retailer Counter-Organizations Against Consumer Cooperativeschapter
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Bibliography on Consumer Cooperatives and Middle-Class Retail Politicsbibliography
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Department Stores: Definition, Growth, and Scalechapter
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Origins and Economic Logic of Department Storeschapter
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Department Store Tax and Retail Protection Policychapter
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Bibliography on Department Stores and Department Store Taxationbibliography
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Mail-Order Businesses and Direct Dispatch Retailchapter
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Traveling Retail Sales Agents and Goods Sold by Detail Travelerschapter
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Retail Traveling Salesmen: Growth, Effects, and Regulationchapter
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Installment Sales and Regulation of Partial-Payment Contractschapter
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Bibliography on Installment Salesbibliography
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Itinerant Trades and Peddlingchapter
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Legal Restrictions on Hawking Trade in Germany and Austriachapter
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Wanderlager and Itinerant Auctionschapter
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Bibliography on Itinerant Trade and Hawkingbibliography
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The Fight Against Unfair Competitionchapter
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Bibliography on Unfair Competitionbibliography
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Food Police and Market Inspectionchapter
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Justification and Laws for Food and Consumer Goods Inspectionchapter
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Bibliography on Food Police and Adulterationbibliography
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Commercial Employees: Social Position, Occupational Groups, and Service Contractschapter
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Working Time, Shop Closing, Sunday Rest, and Insurance for Commercial Employeeschapter
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Bibliography on Commercial Employees and Private Employeesbibliography
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Functions and Types of Bankschapter
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Historical Development and Scope of the Bank Concepttheoretical
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Literature on Banking History and Bank Typesbibliography
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Deposit Business: Definitions, Forms, and Payment Functionstheoretical
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Competition for Deposits and International Deposit Statisticstheoretical
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Liquidity Requirements and the Postal Savings Bank as Deposit Institutiontheoretical
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German Big-Bank Liabilities and Legal Treatment of Deposits and Depotstheoretical
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Literature on Deposit Banking and Bank Depot Businessbibliography
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Discount Business: Definition and Bank Liquidity Functiontheoretical
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Security of Bills, Prime Discounts, and the Private Discount Ratetheoretical
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Discount Business: Credit Assessment, Receivables Lending, and Turnovertheoretical
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Bibliography for the Discount Businessbibliography
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Lombard Lending against Securities, Goods, and Warrantstheoretical
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Current-Account Credit and Bank-Industry Relationstheoretical
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Acceptance Credit, Bank Acceptances, and Rembours Financetheoretical
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Bibliography for Current-Account and Acceptance Creditbibliography
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Bank Commission Business in Payments and Securitiestheoretical
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Bibliography for Commission Business and Opening of Founding/Emission Businessbibliography
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Founding and Securities-Issuing Business: Forms and Speculative Charactertheoretical
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Risks, Capital Safeguards, and Investor Protection in Emission Bankingtheoretical
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Methods of Bond and Share Emissions and the Role of the Stock Exchangetheoretical
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Industrial Credit, German Universal Banks, and the Expansion of Securities Issuestheoretical
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Bibliography on Emission Banking and Bank-Industry Financebibliography
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Development of Contemporary Banks: British Deposit and Check Bankingchapter
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Joint-Stock Branch Banking and Concentration in Great Britaintheoretical
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English Deposit Banks, Bill Discount, and Credit Influencechapter
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Bill Brokers, Stock Brokers, and Acceptance Houses in London Bankingchapter
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Colonial and Foreign Banks and London’s Rembours Businesschapter
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The Bank of England, Credit Elasticity, and Reserve Riskschapter
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Concentration and Balance Sheets of English Deposit Bankschapter
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Bibliography on English Bankingbibliography
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Origins of Continental Mixed Banking in Germany and Austriachapter
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German and Austrian Banks: Industrial Relations and Early Prussian Credit Bankschapter
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German Big-Bank Concentration and the Deutsche Bank Networkchapter
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German Bank Deposits, Credit Practices, Discount Business, and Reform Issueschapter
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Austrian and Hungarian Banks: Development, Concentration, and Balance-Sheet Statisticschapter
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Bibliography on German and Austrian Banking History and Policybibliography
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French Banking: Origins and Institutional Categorieschapter
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French Deposit Megabanks and Their Scalechapter
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Operations, Expansion, and Liquidity of French Deposit Bankschapter
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Effects of Banking Concentration in Francechapter
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Bibliography on French Bankingbibliography
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United States Banking: Historical Development to the National Currency Actchapter
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Legal Organization and Note Issue of U.S. National Bankschapter
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Federal Supervision and Fiscal Relations of U.S. National Bankschapter
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National Banks: Development and Crisis Performancechapter
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National Banks as Deposit Banks and Reserve-City Systemchapter
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State Banks, Trust Companies, Savings Banks, and Private Banking Houseschapter
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Deposits, Notes, and the Use of Checks in American Paymentschapter
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Inelastic Currency, Treasury Gold, and the Demand for American Bank Reformchapter
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Glass-Owen Act: District Reserve Banks and Capital Structurechapter
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Federal Reserve Board and Federal Advisory Councilchapter
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Governance of the Federal Reserve Bankschapter
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Federal Reserve Bank Operations, Clearing, and Discount Policychapter
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Federal Reserve Notes, Gold Cover, and Deposit Reserve Ruleschapter
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Bank Examinations and Evaluation of the American Reformchapter
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Bibliography on American Banking and Currency Reformbibliography
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Concentration in Bankingtheoretical
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Capital Equalization and the Triumph of Branch Bankstheoretical
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Economic Advantages and Disadvantages of Large Branch Bankstheoretical
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Proposals to Separate Deposit Banking from Emission and Speculationtheoretical
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Notes and Statistics on Bank Concentration, Costs, and Credit Allocationfootnotes
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Bibliography on Large Banks, Deposit Banking, and Bank Concentrationbibliography
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Banks and Industry: Forms of Industrial Financetheoretical
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Historical Emergence of the Bank-Industry Connectiontheoretical
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From the Gründer Period to Regular Industrial Bankingtheoretical
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Bank Influence on Industrial Concentration and Sectoral Organizationtheoretical
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Consequences of Bank Control over Capital Allocationtheoretical
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Bibliography on Banks and Industrybibliography
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Banks and the Statechapter
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Bibliography for Banks and the Statebibliography
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Credit Banks and Note Bankschapter
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Bibliography for Credit Banks and Note Banksbibliography
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The Nature of Exchangeschapter
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Bibliography for the Nature of Exchangesbibliography
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History of Exchangeschapter
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Bibliography for History of Exchangesbibliography
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Organization of Exchangeschapter
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Bibliography for Organization of Exchangesbibliography
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Exchange Traderschapter
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Bibliography for Exchange Tradersbibliography
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Securities Exchange Transactions: Valutas, Devisen, and Billschapter
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Securities Purchases as Investment and Speculationchapter
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Bibliography for Securities Investment and Speculationbibliography
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Securities Futures Transactionschapter
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Bibliography for Securities Futures Transactionsbibliography
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Economic Significance of the Securities Exchangechapter
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Banks and the Securities Exchangechapter
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Bibliography for Banks and the Exchangebibliography
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Commodity Futures Tradingchapter
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Bibliography for Commodity Futures Tradingbibliography
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Exchange Reformchapter
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Bibliography for Exchange Reformbibliography
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Book Six: Income Policychapter
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The Nature of Income Policytheoretical
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Direct and Indirect Income Policy: Direct Measurestheoretical
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Indirect Income Policytheoretical
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Difficulties of a Unified Income Policytheoretical
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The State, Private Organization, and Income Policytheoretical
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Labor-Income Policy and Poor-Relief Policytheoretical
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Policy of Labor Income: Systems of Employment Placementchapter
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Bibliography on Employment Placementbibliography
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Performance of Employment Placement Systemschapter
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Public Labor Exchanges: Fees, Strikes, and Union Mediationchapter
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Bibliographic Note on Employment Placementbibliography
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Regulation of Employment Exchangeschapter
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Bibliography on Legal Regulation of Employment Exchangesbibliography
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Unemployment and Its Causeschapter
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Annotated Sources on Unemployment Researchbibliography
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Bibliography on Unemployment and Unemployment Insurancebibliography
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Measures to Reduce Unemploymentchapter
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Measures for Mitigating the Consequences of Unemploymentchapter
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Bibliography on Unemployment Relief and Insurancebibliography
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Unemployment Insurancechapter
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Bibliography on Unemployment Insurancebibliography
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Compulsory Savingchapter
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Prerequisites for Workers' Insurance Against Incapacitychapter
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The Insurance Principle and Compulsory Insurancechapter
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Continuation: German Workers' Insurance Reforms and the Reich Insurance Codechapter
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Sources and Debates on Worker Insurance and Sick-Fund Institutionsfootnotes
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German Sickness Insurance under the Reich Insurance Codechapter
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Austrian Sickness Insurance and Mining Sick Fundschapter
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British National Insurance for Sickness and Invaliditychapter
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Other Countries with Sickness Insurance Systemschapter
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Bibliography on Sickness and Worker Insurancebibliography
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Rationale, Definition, and Scope of German Accident Insurancechapter
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Accident Insurance Carriers, Administration, and Benefitschapter
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Financing Methods and German Accident Insurance Statisticschapter
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Austrian Accident Insurance, Deficits, and Mining Reformchapter
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Comparative Development of Accident Insurance and Employer Liabilitychapter
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Bibliography on Accident Insurance Financing and Compensationbibliography
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Invalidity, Old-Age, and Survivors Insurance in Germanychapter
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German Invalidity and Old-Age Insurance: Benefits, Financing, Administration, and Statisticschapter
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International Comparisons of Old-Age and Invalidity Provisionchapter
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Bibliography on Invalidity and Old-Age Insurancebibliography
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Common Provisions of the German Reich Insurance Codechapter
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Effects of Workers’ Insurance: Costs, Legal Rights, and Self-Helpchapter
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Workers’ Insurance, Poor Relief, Benefit Adequacy, and Employer Burdenschapter
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Workers’ Insurance and Public Health Preventionchapter
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Abuses, Moral Hazard, and Unintended Health Outcomes in Workers’ Insurancechapter
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Bibliography on the Effects of Workers’ Insurancebibliography
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Growth and Social Position of Private Employeeschapter
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Private Employees’ Pension Insurance in Austria and Germanychapter
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Continuation: Austrian and German Private Employee Pension Insuranceessay
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Bibliography on Private Employee Pension Insurancebibliography
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The Task of Wage Policytheoretical
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Historical and Theoretical Literature on Wage Regulationessay
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Time Wage and Accord Wage: Definitions and Terminologytheoretical
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Historical Dominance and Limits of the Time Wagetheoretical
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Advantages of Accord and Piece Wagestheoretical
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Disadvantages and Conditions for Useful Accord Wagestheoretical
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History of Accord Wages and Labor Oppositionessay
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Piece wages in practice and literaturechapter
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Free wage contract, worker organization, strikes, and lockoutschapter
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Types, causes, and public perception of labor conflictschapter
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Organization, strike statistics, lockouts, and employer associationschapter
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Consequences of strikes, boycotts, blacklists, and literaturechapter
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Tariff agreements and private arbitrationchapter
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Bibliography on Collective Agreements and Industrial Peace (continuation)bibliography
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Premium Wage Systems: Rationale, Halsey Plan, and Taylor Plantheoretical
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Assessment and Variants of Premium Wage Systemstheoretical
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Bibliography on Premium Wage Systemsbibliography
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Profit-Sharing as a Wage System: Definition and Distinctionstheoretical
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Profit Sharing: Rationale, Methods, Limits, Sliding Wage Scales, and Major Examplestheoretical
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Bibliography for Profit Sharingbibliography
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Minimum Wage: Forms, Limits, Living Wage, and Social Policy Functiontheoretical
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Bibliography for Minimum Wagebibliography
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Wages and Employment Stabilization in Public Administration Enterprisestheoretical
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Bibliography for Public Administration Wage Policybibliography
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Authoritative Wage Fixing: Fair-Wage Clauses, Arbitration, Wage Boards, and State Interventiontheoretical
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Continuation of §108: Minimum Wage Laws and State Arbitrationchapter
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Bibliography for §108: Wage Boards, Arbitration, and Public Procurementbibliography
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§109: Wage Security and the Truck Systemchapter
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Bibliography for §109: Truck System and Wage Protectionbibliography
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§110(1–6): Budgets and Living Standards of the Lower Classeschapter
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Bibliography for §110: Consumption, Cost of Living, and Pricesbibliography
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§110(7–11): Food Policy, Consumer Cooperatives, and §111 Markerchapter
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Wage Policy, Alcohol Expenditure, and Consumer Cooperativeschapter
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Housing Care: Defects in Urban Housingchapter
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Bibliography on the Housing Question and Rental Lawbibliography
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Urban Building Plans and Building Codeschapter
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Housing Legislation and Municipal Housing Officeschapter
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Bibliography on Housing Inspection and Housing Legislationbibliography
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Providing Cheap Housingchapter
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Poverty: Causes and Extentchapter
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Bibliography on Poverty and Poor Statisticsbibliography
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History of Poor Reliefchapter
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Bibliography on the History of Poor Reliefbibliography
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Compulsory and Voluntary Poor Reliefchapter
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Bibliography on Compulsory and Voluntary Poor Reliefbibliography
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Poor Relief, Social Assistance, Child and Youth Welfarechapter
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Bibliography on Child and Youth Welfarebibliography
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Administration of Poor Reliefchapter
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Bibliography on Poor Relief Administrationbibliography
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Poor Relief in Germanychapter
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Bibliography on Poor Relief in Germanybibliography
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Poor Relief in Austriachapter
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Bibliography Note for Austrian Poor Reliefbibliography
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Register (Index) of Volume Topicsbibliography