SELECTIONS AND DOCUMENTS IN ECONOMICS EDITED BY WILLIAM Z. RIPLEY, PH.D. PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY SELECTIONS AND DOCUMENTS IN ECONOMICS Already published TRUSTS, POOLS AND CORPORATIONS By William Z. Ripley, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Harvard University TRADE UNIONISM AND LABOR PROBLEMS By John R. Commons, Professor of Political SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL PROGRESS SELECTED READINGS IN PUBLIC FINANCE By Charles J. Bullock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University RAILWAY PROBLEMS By William Z. Ripley, Ph.D., Professor of SELECTED READINGS IN ECONOMICS By Charles J. Bullock, Ph.D., Assistant Pro-. fessor of Economics in Harvard University In preparation ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Vol. I, 1763-1860; Vol. II, 1860-1900. COPYRIGHT, 1907 BY CHARLES J. BULLOCK ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 67.9 The Athenæum Press HB PREFACE This volume aims to supply the collateral reading needed for a general course of study in economics. It makes no effort to present selections upon all the topics treated in such a course, but endeavors merely to provide supplementary material, historical, descriptive, and theoretical, which will enrich the instruction offered. The footnotes to the several selections disclose the extent of the editor's indebtedness to various authors who have consented to the reproduction of passages from their works. In this place, however, acknowledgment should be made of the helpful advice and criticism received from the editor's colleague, Professor F. W. Taussig, of Harvard University. CHARLES J. BULLOCK |