As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases as the int…

- 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 procee…

- John Bates Clark

We cannot afford to have any large section of the business world in doubt whether they have broken the laws or not, and we cannot let the laws become…

- John Bates Clark

A laborer no longer makes whole articles. He receives raw materials, puts his touch on them, and passes them to another worker in the series. When th…

- John Bates Clark

If a man were living in isolation his income would be literally his product. Make him the monarch and owner of an island, and the fruits that he rais…

- John Bates Clark

When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate bin…

- John Bates Clark

If the adjustment made by a court can be accepted or not, it will be refused whenever the men can gain more by continuing the strike, with whatever o…

- John Bates Clark

Socialism appeals to better classes and has far more strength. Attack the state and you excite feelings of loyalty even among the disaffected classes…

- John Bates Clark