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ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY.
STUDIES IN PRACTICAL ECONOMICS.
CONTENTS.
| INTRODUCTION | 5 | |
| ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY; | ||
| A Financial Experiment | 11 | |
| THE SICK MAN; | ||
| A Fable For Grown-up Boys and Girls | 42 | |
| THE DISCONTENTED MACHINE; | ||
| An Economic Study | 73 | |
| GETTING AHEAD; | ||
| A Sketch From Life | 101 | |
| THE EARTH SLEPT; | ||
| A Vision | 125 | |
INTRODUCTION.
It seems to me that the accompanyinglittle sketches are timely.A deal of thinking must be doneby all classes of people before anysolution is attempted of the problemsin economics that are pressingupon us, and any factor thatwill help turn the general mind tothis unwonted exercise may betermed a useful one.
There is one sketch for which Iwish to make a special plea.“The Discontented Machine” hasbeen criticised as teaching a falseprinciple in economics.
We are told that never before inthe history of the world did laborabsorb so great a proportion of thegains that would otherwise accrue6to capital. It is claimed that fullyninety per cent