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The Road to Plenty

by Waddill Catchings, William Trufant Foster. 232 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Waddill Catchings, William Trufant Foster

Publisher:

   Houghton Mifflin Company

Place of Publication:

  Boston  

Publication Year:

  1928
Subjects:   Economics
Table of contents
I. IN WHICH THE GRAY MAN AND THE THREE WISE MEN SHOW WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT 3
II. IN WHICH THE KINDLY LAWYER AND THE THOUGHTFUL PROFESSOR DECLARE THAT THERE IS NO ROAD TO PLENTY 16
III. IN WHICH THE BUSINESS MAN THINKS AND THE RED- HAIRED ORATOR ORATES 29
IV. IN WHICH THE GRAY MAN FINDS A NEW HOPE 37
V. IN WHICH THE BUSINESS MAN UNDERTAKES TO SHOW THE WAY 50
VI. IN WHICH A FEW PLAIN FACTS ARE USED AS MILESTONES 57
VII. IN WHICH IT APPEARS THAT THE RIGHT USE OF OUR SAVINGS DEPENDS ON THE RIGHT FLOW OF MONEY TO CONSUMERS 74
VIII. IN WHICH IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT ONLY BY GETTING READY TO PROSPER TO-MORROW CAN WE PROSPER TO-DAY 84
IX. IN WHICH BUSINESS MAN SURVEYS THE ROAD TO PLENTY 101
X. IN WHICH, DURING A TEN-MINUTE STOP, THE GRAY MAN LONGS FOR ACTION 113
XI. IN WHICH BUSINESS MAN AND ME PROFESSOR COME TO BLOWS 121
XII. IN WHICH BUSINESS MAN EXPLAINS HOW A FALSE ASSUMPTION HAS BLOCKED THE ROAD TO PLENTY 138
XIII. IN WHICH IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT CONGRESS ITSELF HAS SHOWN THE NEED OF A GUIDING POLICY 150
XIV. IN WMCH, AT LAST, THE PROFESSOR IS CONVINCED THAT THERE IS A ROAD TO PLENTY 166
XV. IN WHICH THE ROAD TO PLENTY IS LAID OUT 182
XVI. IN WHICH THE GRAY MAN DESPAIRS OF EVER SEEING THE ROAD OPENED UP 208
XVII. IN WHICH AN UNDERSTANDING WOMAN BECOMES A COMRADE OF THE QUEST 213
XVIII. IN WHICH A START IS MADE ON THE ROAD TO PLENTY 224
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