“As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases as the interrogation points become more frequent, and that it culminates where they are changed to marks of positive dissent. I venture to record the opinion that the value of the work reaches a maximum in a passage that is demonstrably incorrect.” ValuesInterestOpinionRecordsProgressChangedReaderEconomicsIncreaseMarkCarefulPassagesVentureMaximumHere And ThereDissentInsertInterrogation Author:John Bates Clark
“The first issue to be settled is whether socialism has a right to exist. Are its allegations concerning the present system true? Is industry proceeding on a principle of fraud? I wish to test the power of recent economic theory to give an exact answer to this question.” GivingFirstsPhilosophyPoliticalWishAnswersPrinciplesIssuesEconomicTheoryIndustryEconomicsTestsSocialismFraudHypeProceedingAllegationsEconomic Theory Author:John Bates Clark