ISBN: 9781459026964

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES The impression might be gained that whether enterprisers pay any attention to external costs is and will be a voluntary matter, that they can be free to ignore these costs at the expense of the possible savings involved. Also some may so underestimate these savings and so overestimate the difficulties of lowering them as to think: What is the use? Let well enough alone. Such reactions are to be expected to every new thought, especially one distinctly new, and in all cases where the thought is valuable, they may delay action until little profit can be derived from it. There is much more gain in being among the first to take up a good thing than in being forced into it later on. The nation which profits most from the great European war, said Roger W. Babson in an article given to the press in December, 1917, will be the nation first to bring about this spirit of cooperation between the different interests involved in production 213 and distribution. Is the United States making any progress in this direction that it is not forced to make? Is it so certain that we shall be first because we have coraled the gold supply of the world or because we have lost less men in combat? Continuing Mr. Babson says: The city and industry which is to be the most prosperous during the next twenty years, will be that whose leaders get this new vision upon which my guess as to the future corporation is based. His vision briefly is that of discounting the influence of inherited and unearned wealth and greatly augmenting the influence of managerial ability and labor. As our foremost exponent of scientific capitalism, Mr. Babson emphasizes the danger of our top heavy control of production by ownership, the control by the idle hand, ... Arthur Benson Gilbert, Books, History, American Cities; Their Methods of Business Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: The Macmillan comopany in 1918 in 264 pages; Subjects: Civic improvement; Municipal government; Cities and towns; History / General; Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development; Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration; Political Science / Government / Local; Social Science / Sociology / Urban;<

ISBN: 9781459026964

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES The impression might be gained that whether enterprisers pay any attention to external costs is and will be a voluntary matter, that they can be free to ignore these costs at the expense of the possible savings involved. Also some may so underestimate these savings and so overestimate the difficulties of lowering them as to think: What is the use? Let well enough alone. Such reactions are to be expected to every new thought, especially one distinctly new, and in all cases where the thought is valuable, they may delay action until little profit can be derived from it. There is much more gain in being among the first to take up a good thing than in being forced into it later on. The nation which profits most from the great European war, said Roger W. Babson in an article given to the press in December, 1917, will be the nation first to bring about this spirit of cooperation between the different interests involved in production 213 and distribution. Is the United States making any progress in this direction that it is not forced to make? Is it so certain that we shall be first because we have coraled the gold supply of the world or because we have lost less men in combat? Continuing Mr. Babson says: The city and industry which is to be the most prosperous during the next twenty years, will be that whose leaders get this new vision upon which my guess as to the future corporation is based. His vision briefly is that of discounting the influence of inherited and unearned wealth and greatly augmenting the influence of managerial ability and labor. As our foremost exponent of scientific capitalism, Mr. Babson emphasizes the danger of our top heavy control of production by ownership, the control by the idle hand, ... Arthur Benson Gilbert, Books, History, American Cities; Their Methods of Business Books>History, General Books LLC<