The Elements of Economics

Charles Jesse Bullock

Jan 1913 · Silver, Burdett

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This book has been written in response to a demand for a somewhat shorter and more elementary work than the "Introduction to the Study of Economics," which the author brought out in 1897. In order to meet this demand, it was necessary to make a substantially new book, in which the substance of doctrine and the general groundwork remain the same, but the method of treating most subjects has been more or less radically altered. Less space has been devoted to purely theoretical questions and more descriptive and illustrative material has been presented. It is hoped that the present treatise will meet the needs of a relatively short course for beginners in economics. As the work stands, it is probably extensive enough for the longest courses now given in secondary schools. If it is found too long for some of the shorter courses, the instructor can easily adapt it to the needs of his class by making a few omissions. The first chapter can be treated in an introductory talk or lecture on the first day that the class meets; and the tenth and fifteenth chapters, treating, as they do, topics that are seldom discussed at length in an elementary work, can be readily omitted.