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Author Wells, David Ames, 1828-1898.

Title Practical economics [microform] : a collection of essays respecting certain of the recent economic experiences of the United States / David A. Wells ...

Imprint New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of American Civilization Microfiche Cabinets  LAC 10355.    ---  Available
Description vii, 259 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Library of American civilization ; LAC 10355.
Note "The essays ... in this volume--with three exceptions--were originally contributed to and published in the Atlantic magazine, the Princeton review, the Nation, and the N.Y. World ... from 1872 to 1884."
Master microform held by: LrI.
Contents A modern financial Utopia -- The true story of the leaden statuary -- The silver question -- Are gold and silver indispensable as measures of value? -- Tariff revision: its necessity and possible methods -- The most recent phases of the tariff question -- The "foreign competitive pauper-labor" argument for protection -- Our experience in taxing distilled spirits -- Influence of the production and distribution of wealth on social development.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 10355).
Subject Economics.
United States -- Economic policy.

 
    
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