Economics in One Lesson

Hazlitt, Henry

Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, 49 East 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y., 1946

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First edition, early printing matching first issue in design, dimensions, text, publisher, and wrapper. Stated at copyright: "Copyright, 1946, by Harper & Row, Publishers, Incorporated." Front flap states: "Sixteenth Printing." Slate blue cloth boards, silver impressed spine titles, light shelf wear. Deckled pages near fine, clean. Stylish vintage signature penned behind front flap: "Ed Godsey, 11/5/66." Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Rare original dust wrapper, light shelf wear, rub, edge toning; unclipped 4.50, protected in new clear sleeve. Near fine early printing in very good wrapper. Contents: "Preface; Part One: The Lesson I. The Lesson; Part Two: The Lesson Applied. II. The Broken Window; III. The Blessings of Destruction; IV. Public Works Mean Taxes; V. Taxes Discourage Production; VI. Credit Diverts Production; VII. The Curse of Machinery; VIII. Spread-the-Work Schemes; IX. Disbanding Troops and Bureaucrats; X. The Fetish of Full Employment; XI. Who's Protected by Tariffs?; XII. The Drive for Exports; XIII. 'Parity' Prices; XIV. Saving the X Industry; XV. How the Price System Works; XVI. 'Stablizing' Commodities; XVII. Government Price-Fixing; XVIII. Minimum Wage Laws; XIX. Do Unions Really Raise Wages?; XX. 'Enough to Buy Back the Product'; XXI. The Function of Profits; XXII. The Mirage of Inflation; XXIII. The Assault on Saving; Part Three: The Lesson Restated. XXIV. The Lesson Restated." Printed in the United States of America. 222 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Seller Inventory # 022610

Bibliographic Details

Title: Economics in One Lesson

Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers, 49 East 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y.

Publication Date: 1946

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.