LIBRARY OF

ECONOMICS AND POLITICS.

EDITED BY

RICHARD T. ELY, PH.D., LL.D.

NUMBER THREE.

AN

EXAMINATION OF ITS NATURE, ITS STRENGTH
AND ITS WEAKNESS, WITH

SUGGESTIONS

FOR

SOCIAL REFORM

BY

RICHARD T. ELY, PH.D., LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DIRECTOR of the SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS,
POLITICAL SCIENCE, AND HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.

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