Libri dal 1840 agli anni '70

Abstract/Sommario: A general survey - The charter of labour - Industrial organization - Economic policy - The corporation of agriculture - Industry - Professional men - Social services and education - Political constitution.

Abstract/Sommario: A 'national system of public education' - The new outlook for the child - The prospects of the young person - The hope of a new democracy - The opportunity of the teacher - The parent's part - The duty of the employer - The responsibility of the local education authority - The claim upon our citizenship.

Abstract/Sommario: The economic aspect of industrial accidents - The reduction of accidents - Types of compensation systems - Friendly society and trade union expenditure on accident benefit - The history of employers' liability - Outlines of the workmen's compensation act - Benefits - Settlement of disputes - The law at work - Industrial deseases - Costs and their incidence - The work of insurance towards the prevention of accidents - Criticisms and suggested reforms.

Abstract/Sommario: The Origins of the German Works Councils Act of February 4, 1920 - The Machinery of the Works Councils Act - The Works Councils and the Trade Union Movement - The Effects of the Works Councils on Industrial Relations - The Works Councils and Industrial Self-Government - Summary and Conclusions

Abstract/Sommario: The function of management - Reducing the cost of production - Appointments and dismissals - The recognition of trade unionism - The standard rate - Payment by results - The management schould have nothing to do with the rate of wage - The "manners" of management - Discipline - Fatigue and accidents - "Scientific management" and "Welfare work" - On "choosing equality".

Abstract/Sommario: A brief account of the crisis - Explanations of the crisis - The "Business cycles" theory - The return to pre-war prices - Overproduction - Underconsumption - The monetary factor - Disturbed equilibrium - The moral factor - Overspeculation - Soviet activities - Hopeful signs - advantages of lower prices - Readjustment: a slow process - How to assist recovery - Role of the authorities - The monetary factor - International co-operation - The silver problem - soviet dumping - How to avert ...; [Leggi tutto...] A brief account of the crisis - Explanations of the crisis - The "Business cycles" theory - The return to pre-war prices - Overproduction - Underconsumption - The monetary factor - Disturbed equilibrium - The moral factor - Overspeculation - Soviet activities - Hopeful signs - advantages of lower prices - Readjustment: a slow process - How to assist recovery - Role of the authorities - The monetary factor - International co-operation - The silver problem - soviet dumping - How to avert crises - the case for co-operation.

Abstract/Sommario: World migration and labor - Report of the world migration congress - Resolution adopted by the congress.

Abstract/Sommario: Sources of information - Growth of world population - Migration movements - Natural increase - Deaths - Births - The decline in fertility - The small family system - The balance of births and deaths - The situation in Europe - European continental migration - European overseas - The regulation of european oversea movements - The european migration problem - Attempts to raise the birth-rate - Japan and India - Other non-european peoples - Primitive peoples - Non-european and migration - ...; [Leggi tutto...] Sources of information - Growth of world population - Migration movements - Natural increase - Deaths - Births - The decline in fertility - The small family system - The balance of births and deaths - The situation in Europe - European continental migration - European overseas - The regulation of european oversea movements - The european migration problem - Attempts to raise the birth-rate - Japan and India - Other non-european peoples - Primitive peoples - Non-european and migration - Conclusion.

Abstract/Sommario: The incentives - The ideas and the facts - The practical application.

Abstract/Sommario: chambers of commerce - chambres de commerce - national chambres of commerce abroad bi-national (mixed) chambres of commerce - chambres de commerce nationales a l'etranger chambres de commerce bi-nationales (mixtes)