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She had always been morbidly self-critical, agonized over almost every book, sometimes suffered a complete nervous collapse. Yet she came of a professional writing clan. Her father was Sir Leslie Stephen, editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. She was related to Thackeray and such scholarly dynasties as the...
Economic theory is significant only as an expression--or better, rationalization--of social change. To give it reality, it must be projected back on to the plane out of which it was cut: the economic world of the author. In the very choice of the "factors remaining equal" lies social...
Great Britain last week totted up how much it costs to fight Adolf Hitler, found if September's weekly peak expenditures of ?70,000,000 were maintained the year would close with Britain ?3,570,000,000 "out of pocket." To make up the difference between ?70,000,000...
The civilian army was busy this week with plans for building tiers of bunks in the subway stations. Minister of Food Lord Woolton had already provided 20 centres for distributing hot meals of beef stew, rice pudding and tea at eightpence each. London housewives whose stoves might not be functioning...
Economist John Maynard Keynes said that destruction had not exceeded potential rate of construction. "We have," he added, "the capacity to replace what has been lost by something much better." One businessman cabled his U. S. associates: "Lots of our buildings were dirty anyway."