THE LARGER LIBERALISM

THE

LARGER LIBERALISM

BY

EDWARD BERNARD BENJAMIN

Outlines of a Social Philosophy
for the United States of America

Printed for the author's private circulation by

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
1918

COPYRIGHT, 1918

BY EDWARD BERNARD BENJAMIN

11-25-1918 Reclass 5-9-30 T.EN.

A. English criticism of the conduct of the war: 1. Losses

on the part of the wage-earner-Americanization of British

industry, p. 9. 2. Profiteering and inefficiency of private

employers, p. 13.

B. Pre-war criticism: 1. J. A. Hobson's analysis of

"human costs" in industry, p. 15: a. Monotony of labor,

p. 17; b. Subordination of the wage-earner, p. 19; c. Risks

and insecurity of industry, p. 20; d. Nervous fatigue in

industry, p. 21. 2. Inability of employers themselves to

bring reform, p. 22: a. Economic obstacles, p. 22; b. Psy-

chological obstacles, p. 23. 3. Unreason in the business

world, p. 25. 4. Human costs in consumption, p. 27:

a. "Honorific waste," p. 28; b. "Pecuniary respectability,"

p. 32. 5. Inequality in wealth and the effects resulting

therefrom, p. 33.

II. SUGGESTED REMEDIAL ORDERS

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A. Anarchism, p. 40. B. Socialism, p. 41. C. Syn-

dicalism and Guild Socialism, p. 44. D. The "Recon-

struction" Programme of the British Labor Party, p. 54.

III. A CRITIQUE OF THE INDICTMENT

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A. Industry, p. 61. B. Labor, p. 65. C. Marts, p. 85.

D. Scarcity, p. 88. E. The Last Fish, p. 91.

IV. CRITICISM OF THE THEORIES OF SOCIAL

REFORM

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A. The Psycho-pathology of the social reformer, p. 97:

1. Peaceableness-instanced in anarchism, p. 99. 2. Pro-

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