Word: talking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...must have been as late as 462; the whole history of this period must now be read in a new light. The account is continued down to Aristotle's own time, but the most of the remaining statements are either already known or unimportant. Professor Goodwin will give another talk on the manuscript on Saturday morning...
...Edward Atkinson gave a most interesting talk on consumption before the Finance Club yesterday evening. Mr. Cole introduced Mr. Atkinson to the club as an economist against whom the popular cry that a political economist is a theorist could never be raised and this description was fully justified by the talk which followed, which was nothing if not practical...
...have heard a little talk lately of a plan to unite the Exeter and Andover school clubs here at Harvard. The clubs themselves can judge best of the advantages or disadvantages of such a scheme, and it is for them alone to decide on the matter. We should like, however, to make to them a suggestion which may or may not lead towards a final union between the two clubs. It was originally the plan of each club to hold a dinner once during the year. We suggest that this year they hold their annual dinner together. Anything which will...
Professor Taussig closed his talk with a brief review of the origin of the present free coinage bill. It comes not from the silver states but from the general depression and hard times throughout the West and the feeling among the farmers that in some way this bill will remove the pressure. The real difficulty in the West is not a scarcity of money but the tendency to too rapid development; too great increase in production results, of course, in prices being forced down. The silver agitation is purely an inflation movement and must be followed by all the consequences...
...close of his talk Professor Taussig spent some time in answering questions asked by members of the club...