Word: hirst
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Hirst, editor of "The Economist," London, delivered a very interesting lecture on "The Political Economy of War" last night in Emerson D. He began by upholding Adam Smith's view that war is waste, which is contrary to the popular view. The idea that a battleship is a godsend to the community where it is built, because it employs so many men was shown to have no relation to the economic question in hand. The employment of too many soldiers is also a great evil, because it prevents these men from being productive laborers and makes them consumers of public...
...subject of war loans was then taken up, and Mr. Hirst showed that they differ little from arms and ammunition which are never supplied by neutral nations to countries at war. Wars should be paid for as much as possible by taxes, and heavy taxes should be imposed at the beginning of a war when the people are able to pay them...
...Francis W. Hirst, editor of the "London Economist," who delivered a lecture on "The London Money Market" yesterday afternoon, will speak on "The Political Economy of War" in Emerson D this evening at 8 o'clock. He will take up the effect of war on labor and industry, its economic consequences, and the best method of financing it: and he will describe the modern competitions in armament and will discuss the naval rivalry of nations. The lecture will be open to the public...
...Francis W. Hirst, editor of "The Economist," London, one of the foremost economic journals of the world, will deliver a lecture on "The London Money Market," in University 23, this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. Mr. Hirst is a writer of considerable note and a well-known authority on the technicalities of economics and business. The lecture, although designed especially for advanced students in the Seminary of Economics and in the Graduate School of Business Administration, will be open to all members of the University. Tomorrow evening Mr. Hirst will give a lecture on "The Political Economy...
...SEMINARY OF ECONOMICS. "The London Money Market." Mr. Francis W. Hirst, Editor of The Economist, London. University...