CONTENTS
Chapter
PUBLISHER’S PREFACE
FOREWORD
I. PRIVILEGE AND AUTHORITY
The Development of “Big Business”
The Growth of Monopoly
The State as Oppressor
Nefarious Features of Present System
II. PROPOSED BUT INADEQUATE REMEDIES
Socialism.
What Has Happened in Russia
Some Socialist Prophecies
The Single Tax
Other Movements
III. THE CASE FOR FREEDOM
Mutualism Universally Applicable
The Four Great Monopolies
Cooperation and Competition
History of the Term Mutualism
IV. MONEY, CREDIT, INTEREST AND EXCHANGE
What is Money?
The Gold Monopoly
The Profits of Banking
What is Interest?
Benefit to the Workers
Power of Interest
Price Level Theory Awkward
Not More but More Flexible Currency Needed
Value of Paper Money
Successful Experiments
Necessity for Sound Basis for Money
What is Credit?
Insurance of Credit
The Mutual Bank
Mutual Bank in Operation
The Marginal Producer
Benefit to Farmer and Manufacturer
Benefit to the Wage Worker
V. MUTUALIST PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS
Forms of Economic Organization
The Constitution of Price
Patents and Copyright
Distribution
Price without Privilege (Tariffs, Franchises, etc.)
Semi- Public Service Enterprises Under
Mutualism
VI. LAND AND RENT
The Rent-Payer Economic Rent
Russia’s Land Experiment
Land Ownership
Abolish the Landlord
Various Problems Solved
VII. SOCIAL ASPECTS
The Individual and Society
Mutualism Essentially Libertarian
Trial by Jury
Invasiveness and Futility of the Ballot
Mutual Insurance
Freedom Instead of Authority
The Boycott a Non-invasive Measure
Rights Not Natural or Inalienable
Mutualism Not Meddlesome
VIII. EDUCATION AND THE ARTS.
The Public School System
Private Educational Institutions
Arts and Culture
IX. VOLUNTARY ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION
THE COOPERATIVES
The Cooperative Movement
Cooperation is Libertarian
Voluntary Organization Immediately Practicable
Colonies
Other Efforts
X. METHODS OF REALIZATION
Practical Program
Ignoration of Laws
Passive Resistance.
Tendency to Evade Taxes
Voluntary Association
Organized Labor’s Opportunity
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