Economic Essays

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introductory Note -- I. -- Direct and indirect taxes in economic literature -- Wage statistics and the federal census -- Theory of the balance of trade -- The variation of productive forces -- Adam Smith's views on national defence -- The need of endowment for economic research -- Commodity prices during the present decade -- Business opinions and business conditions -- The American money market -- Foreign trade and the business cycle -- International collaboration in the study of economic conjuncture -- II. -- Direct taxes under the constitution -- A classified property tax -- Separation of state and local revenue -- The general property tax in Switzerland -- Local option in taxation -- Taxation of property and income in Massachusetts -- Increase of taxes on real estate in American cities -- III. -- The legacy of Rehoboam: an Old Testament lesson in taxation -- Bank advertisements: ancient and modern -- Dionysius of Syracuse-financier -- The New Deal in Ancient Greece -- Books and articles by Professor Bullock