Browsing by Author "Shaw, James J."

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    • Fiscal policy: some lessons from the Blue Book 

      Shaw, James J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)
      When I was asked to read a paper to this Society on the proposed changes in British Fiscal Policy which have made such a stir in recent times, I recognised at once that the subject must be treated here, not as one of ...

    • Municipal trading 

      Shaw, James J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)
      One of the most strongly-marked characteristics of the older school of British Political Economy was its intense jealousy of State interference with the processes of industry or with the course of trade. From Adam Smith ...

    • The nationalization of the land 

      Shaw, James J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1884)
      The questions raised in Mr. George's book, Progress and Poverty, are so many and so large that to discuss them adequately would require a book at least as large as his own. 1 propose to deal this evening only with the main ...

    • Suggested improvements in county court procedure 

      Shaw, James J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)
      "Under the present County Court jurisdiction and procedure, it is almost impossible to recover debts." These are the first words of a printed statement adopted by the joint Committees of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, and ...