46 TOKEN COINAGE AND GOVERNMENT PAPER MONEY: LIGHT-WEIGHT COINS; PAPER MONEY EXPERIMENTS; THEORIES OF POLITICAL MONEY 443 47 THE STANDARD OF DEFERRED PAYMENTS: FUNCTION OF THE STANDARD; INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLISM; THE FREE-SILVER MOVEMENT IN AMERICA 453 48 BANKING AND CREDIT: FUNCTIONS OF A BANK; TYPICAL BANK MONEY; BANKS OF THE UNITED STATES TO-DAY 462 49 TAXATION IN ITS RELATION TO VALUE: PURPOSES OF TAXATION; FORMS OF TAXATION; PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE 471 50 THE GENERAL THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AS A CASE OF EXCHANGE; THEORY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGES OF MONEY; REAL BENEFITS OF FOREIGN TRADE 480 51 THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF: THE NATURE AND CLAIMS OF PROTECTION; THE REASONABLE MEASURE OF JUSTIFICATION OF PROTECTION; VALUES AS AFFECTED BY PROTECTION 491 52 OTHER PROTECTIVE SOCIAL AND LABOR LEGISLATION: SOCIAL LEGISLATION; LABOR LEGISLATION 504 53 PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF INDUSTRY: EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC OWNERSHIP; ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF PUBLIC OWNERSHIP 514 54 RAILROADS AND INDUSTRY: TRANSPORTATION AS A FORM OF PRODUCTION; THE RAILROAD AS A CARRIER; DISCRIMINATION IN RATES ON RAILROADS 525 55 THE PUBLIC NATURE OF RAILROADS: PUBLIC PRIVILEGES OF RAILROAD CORPORATIONS; POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER OF RAILROAD MANAGERS; COMMISSIONS TO CONTROL RAILROADS 534 56 PUBLIC POLICY AS TO CONTROL OF INDUSTRY: STATE REGULATION OF CORPORATE INDUSTRY; DIFFICULTIES OF PUBLIC CONTROL OF INDUSTRY; TREND OF POLICY AS TO PUBLIC INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY 544 57 FUTURE TREND OF VALUES: PAST AND PRESENT OF ECONOMIC SOCIETY; THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF SOCIETY 555 QUESTIONS AND CRITICAL NOTES 565 INDEX 595 PREFACE