Chapters (164)
- THE IMPENDING CRISIS
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES.
- STATISTICAL CONCLUSIONS OF MR. SHEARMAN.
- CHAPTER II. STATISTICS OF WEALTH OWNERS.
- STATISTICS OF WEALTH.
- GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND GERMANY.
- CHAPTER III. PROPERTIED AND PROPERTYLESS PEOPLE.
- CHAPTER IV. ABNORMITY OF THE SOCIAL SITUATION.
- STATISTICS OF THE TENANTS.
- CHAPTER V. MORTGAGOR FAMILIES.
- STATISTICS.[88]
- CITIES AND TOWNS.
- “AMOUNTS:”
- THE PER CAPITA DEBT.
- AVERAGE RATE PER CENT ON THE DEBT.
- SIGNIFICANCE.
- “BURDEN OF DEBT.”
- CHAPTER VI. CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH IN MONOPOLIES, ETC.
- THE TOTAL ITEMS OF THE CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH.
- “PRESENT POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.”
- APPENDIX.
- I.
- II. DEFINITIONS OF TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES.
- MONOPOLY IN PRIVATE HANDS.
- III.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES:
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:
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