INDEX

Acquisition, menace of, 156 Administration, basis of world, 119 Administrative and producing groups, 111 Administrative authority, concentration of, 81 Administration boards, function of, 122 America, resource monopoly of, 19 American imports, 125 American industry, phases of, 59 Association, scope of, 53 Authority, centralization of, 81 Bankers, as arbiters of industry, 102 Bankers, power of, 102 Barriers to progress, 147 Basic industries, and resources, 19 British foreign investments, 39 Brotherhood, new possibilities of, 20 Budget board, 131 Budget deficits, 30 Business and geographic lines, 62 Business federation, development of, 105 Business organization, nature of, 61 Business, world character of, 62 Capital, transfers of to producer groups, 131 Capitalism and nationalism, 63 Capitalism and profiteering, 65 Capitalism and the class struggle, 66 Capitalism, assumptions of, 139 Capitalism, centralization of, 63 Capitalism, establishment of, 36 Capitalism, failure of, 62 Capitalism, growth of, 66 Capitalism in the Western world, 36 Capitalism, initiative under, 63 Capitalism, limitations on, 62 Capitalism, modifications in, 140 Capitalism, plutocracy under, 65 Capitalism, world rôle of, 62 Capitalist experiment, 138 Catastrophe, menace of, 146 Centralization, in American industry, 59 Chance, part of in progress, 136 Change and chaos, 48 Chaos and change, 48 Class struggle, and capitalism, 66 Climate and civilization, 45 Civilization and climate, 45 Coal, as a factor in civilization, 78 Coal, production of, 17 Coal surplus, where found, 18 Commerce, growth of, 20 Commodity basis for money, 129 Communication, as a world problem, 127 Communication, development of, 16 Competition, and war, 34 Competition, justification of, 38 Competition, morality of, 140 Competition, place of, 139 Competition, profit incentive in, 39 Conflict and economic antagonism, 41 Conscious social improvement, 146 Consumption, education for, 161 Consumption, wisdom in, 159 Co-operation, in modern industry, 37 Co-operation, necessity for, 80 Co-operative world organization, 102 Copper production, world figures, 18 Credit, as a business factor, 103 Creation, stimulation of, 157 Creative forces, scope for, 163 Culture and human aspiration, 162 Debts of European nations, 29 Deficits, in European budgets, 30 Depression, present condition of, 13 Disputes, adjustment of, 132 Disputes board, 132 Distribution and the social revolution, 46 Distribution of world wealth, 42 Distribution of resources, 17 District and division compared, 93 District committees, 91 Divisional congress, organization of, 94 District economic units, 72 District organization, detail of, 90 Divisional and district organization compared, 93 District federations, functions of, 110 Divisional federations, listed, 111 Divisional organization, 72 Economic activity, worldizing of, 15 Economic affiliations, series of, 73 Economic authority, location of, 102 Economic aggression, future of, 125 Economic bureaucracy, 59 Economic causes of war, 34 Economic change, working basis for, 70 Economic changes, frequency of, 62 Economic chaos, source of, 33 Economic competition, extent of, 38 Economic co-operation, necessity for, 20 Economic depression, results of, 31 Economic determinism, effects of, 15 Economic disaster, menace of, 29 Economic disintegration, signs of, 31 Economic district organization, 90 Economic evolution illustrated, 66 Economic federalism, 59 Economic forms, 60 Economic foundations, 51 Economic foundations for world organization, 23 Economic groupings, listed, 57 Economic institutions, instability of, in Europe, 28 Economic interdependence, 18 Economic isolation no longer possible, 15 Economic justice, need for, 26 Economic leadership, 85 Economic life, chaos in, 67 Economic life, new basis for, 47 Economic machinery, ownership of, 84 Economic muddle, 28 Economic organization by divisions, 92 Economic organization, details of, 88 Economic organization, need for science in, 69 Economic needs, 14 Economic needs, enumerated, 44 Economic organization, by districts, 72 Economic organization, lines of, 58 Economic organization, nature of, 60 Economic organization, world units of, 72 Economic power, and the bankers, 103 Economic power, for the producers, 117 Economic problems, enumerated, 36 Economic problems, growing complexity of, 15 Economic problems, nature of, 36 Economic program, basis for, 22 Economic questions of world scope, 121 Economic reconstruction, principles of, 25 Economic rivalries and war, 41 Economic self-government illustrated, 88 Economic statesmanship, 23 Economic states rights, 59 Economic structure, nature of, 69 Economic structure, variation in, 69 Economic system, divisions of, 57 Economic units, character of, 70 Economic units, classes of, 71 Economic units, efficiency in, 69 Economic units, integrity of, 80 Economic units, local control of, 89 Economic units, nature of local units, 71 Economic units, needs of, 79 Economic units, productivity in, 80 Economic world outlook, 28 Education, function of, 141 Education, possibilities of, 142 Energy, rewarding of, 83 Engineers, present position of, 34 European bankruptcy, threat of, 28 European budget deficits, 30 European war debts, 29 Exchange and credit board, 128 Executive, functions of, 86 Executives, selection of, 86 Expansion, costs of, 64 Experience, costs of, 141 Experiment, social value of, 135 Experiment, uncertainty of, 140 Expert, selection of, 86 Exploitation, increase of, 41 Federalism, principle of, 53 Federation, in social organization, 104 Finance, derangement in, 29 Financial imperialism, costs of, 64 Financial imperialism illustrated, 39 Food Imports of Great Britain, 19 Financial stability, basis for, 29 Forethought, possibilities of, 142 Foreign exchange, demoralization of, 31 Foreign investment as a science, 39 Freedom, human desire for, 152 Freedom, struggles for, 152 Functional economic units, 57 Geographic divisions, organization of, 92 Geographic units, scope of, 72 Government control of industry, 37 Great Britain, food imports of, 19 Great Britain, foreign investments of, 39 Great revolution, phases of, 49 Hard times, history of, 31 Hiring and firing, new plan for, 89 Human aspiration and culture, 162 Human effort, results of, 46 Human nature, limitations on, 158 Human values, conservation of, 79 Hunger struggle, elimination of, 153 Ideal and the real, 74 Improvements and betterments, 25 Imperialism, costs of, 64 Imports of the United States, 125 Income distribution, 36 Indebtedness, since the war, 29 Industrial change, through discovery and invention, 16 Industrial efficiency, need of, 25 Industrial federation, groups of, 108 Industrial federations, problems of, 107 Industrial leaders, change in type, 67 Industrial organization, evolution of, 61 Industrial revolution, and production, 47 Industrial revolution, effects of, 47 Industrial revolution, spread of, 15 Industrial revolution, suddenness of, 47 Industrial system, characteristics of, 101 Industrial waste, 32 Industrial waste, responsibility for, 32 Industrialism, effects of, 16 Industries, interrelation of, 37 Industry, dependence on raw material, 16 Industry, divisional organization of, 92 Industry, government control of, 37 Initiative, loss of under capitalism, 63 Initiative, stimulation of, 83 Intelligent social direction, 145 Iron ore, production of, 17 Job-ownership, 36 Judiciary, basis for, 132 Knowledge, accumulations of, 143 Knowledge, additions to, 143 Knowledge through suffering, 144 Knowledge, through trial and error, 135 Labor federation, development of, 105 Labor units of value, 129 Laissez-faire, abandonment of, 146 Leadership, changes in type of, 67 Leadership, classes of, 86 Leadership in economic affairs, 85 Leadership, methods of selection, 87 Leadership, selection of executives, 86 Leadership, through heredity, 87 Leadership, through self-selection, 87 Leadership, through social choice, 88 League Covenant, principles of, 23 League of nations failure, 23 Leisure, function of, 162 Liberty, through producers' organization, 159 Life, continuity of, 14 Limitations on capitalism, 62 Livelihood, guarantee of, 45 Livelihood struggle, 43 Loans, under a producers society, 131 Local autonomy, necessity for, 60 Local economic problems, 36 Local economic units described, 71 Local economic units, details of, 88 Local federations, character of, 109 Local federations, problems of, 109 Local initiative under capitalism, 63 Machine ownership and self-government, 85 Manufacturing, divisions of, 58 Mass life, effects of, 139 Mass meetings, for public issues, 92 Maximum advantage, law of, 75 Maximum efficiency, need of, 78 Maximum returns, essentials for, 79 Meliorism, interest in, 74 Militarism, in Europe, 35 Minimum outlay, law of, 77 Modern business methods illustrated, 39 Modern warfare, costs of, 64 Money as a commodity, 129 Money, function of, 128 Money, future of, 128 Money, labor as a basis for, 129 Money, present uses of, 129 Monopoly profit, law of, 33 National boundaries and business, 62 Nationalism and capitalism, 63 Nationalism, and existing problems, 121 Nationalism, and world progress, 63 Nationalism, costs of, 64 Nationalism, failure of, 64 Nationalism, narrowness of, 64 Natural resources, classified, 45 Necessities, provision of, 161 Next steps, 149 Next war, preparations for, 35 Organic function, 54 Organic nature of society, 53 Organization, difficulties in, 152 Organization, need for, 151 Organization of world federation, 113 Organization, world need of, 101 Owners, organization of, 61 Ownership of economic machinery, 84 Paper money, issues of, 29 Parliament, for the world, 113 Physical hardship, elimination of, 154 Plutocracy, growth of, 65 Policy, decision of by self-direction, 85 Political federation, experience with, 104 Political life, organization of, 73 Politics, elimination of, 112 Possession, emphasis on, 156 Poverty, losses through, 14 Power, centralization in industrial groups, 112 Present-day economic problems, 36 Primitive society, economic issues in, 15 Primitive struggle, freedom from, 153 Producer groups, organization of, 73 Producers, future of, 117 Producers, power to, 117 Producers' federations, by districts, 110 Producers' federations, groups of, 108 Producers' world federation, character of, 111 Producer groups, control of industry by, 104 Production, necessity for, 44 Production of raw materials, 17 Productivity, necessity for maintaining, 80 Producing and administrative groups, 111 Production versus profit, 33 Profit and competition, 39 Profit versus welfare, 68 Profiteers, and capitalism, 65 Progress, barriers to, 147 Progress of self-government, 97 Progress through experiment, 137 Raw materials, limitations on, 17 Raw materials, struggle for, 39 Reconstruction, economic basis for, 49 Reconstruction, principles of, 25 Resource control, as a world problem, 122 Resources and raw materials board, 124 Resources, relation of to basic industries, 19 Results and initiative, 84 Sabotage, 33 Science and society, 51 Sectionalism, failure of, 100 Self-government in local economic affairs, 88 Self-motivation, need of, 80 Self-government, progress of, 97 Selection of leaders, 87 Separatism, passing of, 20 Servility, elimination of, 155 Shop committees, organization of, 88 Social administration, difficulties of, 74 Social book-keeping, function of, 103 Social change and intelligence, 145 Social disaster, as a means to knowledge, 144 Social drive, basis of, 82 Social experiment, basis for, 145 Social federation and social activity, 57 Social groups, federation of, 57 Social functions, specialization of, 56 Social improvement, 146 Social inertia as a problem, 82 Social knowledge, accumulations of, 143 Social knowledge, limitations on, 52 Social machinery and body machinery, 54 Social organization, of the owners, 61 Social organization through federation, 104 Social organization, through producers, 117 Social philosophy, restatement of, 146 Social problems, handling of, 148 Social relations, growing complexity of, 56 Social revolution and distribution, 46 Social science, future of, 148 Social science, needs of, 146 Social science, principles of, 51 Social structure, nature of, 61, 69 Society, as an organism, 53 Society, science of, 52 Sources of economic waste, 32 Soviet Russia, and world peace, 34 Specialists, place of in world administration, 123 Specialization in society, 55 Standard Oil Company, 59 Statesmanship, economic foundations of, 23 Success qualities, 150 Suffering as a basis for progress, 144 Surplus, effect on human effort, 77 Transport, place of in industry, 127 Trial and error in society, 135 Underground organization of business, 67 Value, new standards of, 130 War, economic causes of, 34 War debts, 29 War, elimination of, 154 World finance, chaos in, 29 War, forms of, 154 War, increased cost of, 64 War, new preparations for, 35 War, object of, 155 War promises, failure of, 13 War-menace, and chaos in industry, 34 Waste in industry, 32 Wealth concentration, effects of, 43 Wealth distribution, 36 Wealth, distribution of, 42 Wealth of nations, 42 World administration, 119 World administration, basis of, 119 World administration, detail of, 133 World administration, field of, 120 World authority, lack of, 106 World commerce, growth of, 20 World common interests, 26 World conflict, sources of, 27 World disillusionment, 13 World economic organization, detail of, 88 World economic organization, diagram of, 97 World economic questions, 121 World economic solidarity, 22 World economics and the League, 23 World economics, chaos in, 28 World federation, detail of organization, 113 World industrial congress, organization of, 96 World industrial units, 72 World industry, organization of, 95 World isolation, passing of, 20 World need of organization, 101 World organization, beginnings in, 24 World organization, principles of, 25 World parliament, organization of, 113 World organization, problem of, 24 World parliament, possibilities of, 120 World politics and the League, 23 World problems, enumerated, 122 World problems, method of approach, 121 World producers' federation, character of, 111 World producers' federation, form of, 107 World producers' federation, scope of, 112 World producers' federation, structure of, 113 World reconstruction, basis for, 49 World resources, distribution of, 17 World thinking and organization, 26 World thinking, basis for, 100 World thinking, economic basis of, 22 World wealth, distribution of, 42 Worldizing economic activity, 15

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