An Introduction to Political EconomyNewly revised by the author (1956), this text-book for beginning students is also designed for general readers who want to know what economics is and how economists think. It analyses the size and composition of the wage-earner in modern industry, Canadian public policy in relation to combines, and the the social problems of the special problems of the Canadian wheat-growing and newsprint industries. "...an interesting, instructive, and valuable book full of essential information." |
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CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
THE PRICE SYSTEM | 19 |
THE PRICE SYSTEM IN A HYPOTHETICAL HANDICRAFT | 37 |
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