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The World In Chains

The World In Chains

by John Mavrogordato

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Author
Mavrogordato, John
Title
The World in Chains: Some Aspects of War and Trade
Credits
Produced by Irma Špehar, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
HB: Social sciences: Economic theory, Demography
Subject
War -- Economic aspects
Category
Text
eBook-No.
20435
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20435
Release Date
January 24, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE WORLD IN CHAINS — SOME ASPECTS OF WAR AND TRADE — BY
  2. 2.JOHN MAVROGORDATO M.A.
  3. 3.Note
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.CHAPTER I — §1 — The Massacre of Colleagues — §2 — The Widening Sphere of Morality — §3 — The Receding God — § 4 — The Philosopher looks at Society — § 5 — Homo Homini Lupus — § 6 — Tribe against Tribe — § 7 — The City State — § 8 — The Nations of Europe ferae naturae — § 9 — The Convenience of Diplomacy — § 10 — A Note on Democracy — § 11 — Diplomacy not bad in itself — § 12 — Manners no Substitute for Morals — § 13 — War a Moral Anachronism
  6. 6.CHAPTER II — § 1 — The Armament Ring — § 2 — Eugenics? — § 3 — Patriotism — § 4 — The "Moral Test" — § 5 — Trade — § 6 — Trade in Time of Peace — § 7 — Duties of Commerce to the State — § 8 — Restricted Sphere of Government corresponding to Restricted Sphere of Morality
  7. 7.CHAPTER III — § 1 — Trade during the War — § 2 — Trade lives on Increasing Demand — § 3 — War a form of Destruction — § 4 — War stands to benefit Neutral as well as Belligerent Nations but not to the same extent — § 5 — The greater the Capital, the greater the War Profit? — § 6 — The Blessings of Invasion — § 7 — The Luxury Trades don't do so badly — § 8 — Trade Profits in war not shared by the Nation but confined to Employers — § 9 — Trade Profit and National Loss
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV — § 1 — Dialectics round the Death-bed — § 2 — German Responsibility for the War — § 3 — The Value of German Culture — § 4 — The Manufacture of Hatred — § 5 — Imperialism the Enemy — § 6 — Possible Objects of War — § 7 — Physical Force in a Moral World — § 8 — Imperialism and Capitalism through War and Trade the Enemies: Socialism to the Rescue — SOCIALISTS OF THE WORLD UNITE.
  9. 9.APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III
  10. 10.SOME TYPICAL WAR PROFITS — I. The Manchester Guardian , January 3, 1916: — BRITISH INDUSTRY IN WAR — 2. The Manchester Guardian , March 3, 1916: — MORE GREAT PROFITS — HOLT LINE'S ENORMOUS SURPLUS — 3. Pall Mall Gazette , September 24, 1915: — WAR PROFITS — 4. The Manchester Guardian , Feb. 28, 1916: — COAL PROFITS NEARLY DOUBLED — 5. The Times, May 19, 1916: — SOAPMAKERS' "RECORD" PROFITS — 6. The New Witness : — THE SCANDAL OF WAR PROFITS — 7. The New Statesman , March 25, 1916: — 8. The New Statesman , May 27, 1916: — 9. The New Statesman , June 24, 1916: — 10. The New Witness , June 15, 1916: — WAR PROFITS AND THE GOVERNMENT — 11. The New Witness , June 15, 1916: — WILLIAM CORY & SON — HOLBROOKS — JAMES HINKS & SON — 12. The Manchester Guardian , June 19, 1916: — 13. The New Witness , June 22, 1916: — 14. The Westminster Gazette , July 15, 1916: — 15. The New Statesman , July 1, 1916: — 16. Pall Mall Gazette , January 31, 1916: — ARMY OF INSPECTORS — AS MUCH FOOD AS USUAL — 17. The Daily News , August 16, 1915: — A YEAR OF ECONOMIC WAR — 18. Pall Mall Gazette , November 10, 1916: — LIVING ON WAR — KRUPPS' PROFIT JUMPS FROM 1-1/2 MILLIONS TO 4-1/2 — 19. Pall Mall Gazette: — GERMAN DIVIDENDS — ECONOMIC POSITION OF SOME OF HER COMPANIES — 20. The Times , July 5, 1916: — WAR PROFIT-MONGERS IN RUSSIA — 21. The Westminster Gazette , Aug. 28, 1916: — GERMAN WAR SCANDALS — 700 PER CENT PROFIT FOR EAST PRUSSIAN LANDOWNERS — BY THE SAME AUTHOR
  11. 11.LETTERS FROM GREECE
  12. 12.CASSANDRA IN TROY
  13. 13.MARTIN SECKER — HIS COMPLETE CATALOGUE MCMXVII — Martin Secker's Catalogue — PART ONE INDEX OF AUTHORS — PART TWO: CLASSIFIED INDEX OF TITLES
  14. 14.Martin Secker's Series of — FOOTNOTES:

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