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Comments on key issues pertaining to the proposals by author, H.G. Wells to write a history of the world in 1920. Pros and cons to his proposals; Aspects and historical developments that relate to nationalism, capitalism, politics and economics; Assistance and support from several other scholars in the account of world history namely, Ernest Barker, H.H. Johnston, E. Ray Lankesters and Gilbert Murray.

Discusses the book "The Ordeal of Mark Twain," by Van Wyck Brooks. Emphasis on the career background of writer Mark Twain; Consideration of the failure of American artists to attain greatness; Twain's workmanship on nature; Use of pessimism by Twain.

Focuses on the political and economic condition in the U.S. and concern about the possibility of industrial revolution. Worry about the huge volume of propaganda that seeks to utilize the revolution for other than public purposes; Conception of the actual number of working men so disaffected with their particular conditions of employment; Influence of labor organizations on business stability and social order; Effect of drastic war taxes and loan policy on civil consumption; Tendency of the costs of living to outrun the scales of wages; Need for an increased working force in the munitions industries.

Relates a conversation with a man during a class reunion in celebration for the decennial year after graduation from an engineering college. Exchange of technical narrative or untechnical anecdote; Failure of personal relationships and working life; Story of unemployment because of wrong career-related decisions; Lack of direction in life.

Offers observations regarding the meeting of the author with liberal John Auchmuty. Events that led to the call by the committee that the author represented for a debate with Auchmuty with a guarantee of large and enthusiastic crowds; Detail of events that led Auchmuty leave the debate; Confession of unfair attitude of the audience by the author during his first meeting with Auchmuty; Comment of Auchmuty on the revelation that the event was a business strategy by the committee the author was associated with; Reaction of Auchmuty when the author decided to leave the committee both he Aucthmuty were associated with.

Relates the experience of the author during his visit in Omaha, Nebraska. Quality of the social life of residents; Climatology of the area; Type of transportation commonly used by the people; Expressions of hospitality.

Comments on the case of economic theory against the minimum wage presented by Professor Taussig in the "Quarterly Journal of Economics." Description of Taussig's illumination of economic theory; Acceptance of the hypothesis of perfect competition which have been proved useful in the handling of many economic problems especially those relating to currency and to wholesale prices.

Focuses on the prevalence of communistic principles and communism in the U.S. Feelings of the citizens of the U.S. towards the Germans, as a measure for unconscious communism; Discussion on relations of the U.S. with Germany; Description of Germany and the Germans; Influence of private business in Germany and its economic benefits.

Presents experience of the author regarding a visit to the Walden School at 34 West 68th St., New York City. Observation that the children of twelve and over carry themselves with a work-a-day seriousness that may perhaps verge on the portentous; Contention that a parent who has caught his child in a lie proceeds boldly to the bending and is likely to succeed in endowing the lie with a value and a seductive power which it could never have acquired otherwise; Suggestion that self-expression and self-direction must be the basis of the educational scheme; Observation that the Walden School attempts to create conditions in which each child, following out his own natural interests, spontaneously associates himself with fellow pupils and teachers.

Analyzes reasons behind the self-depreciating mood of the intellectual class. Significance of the power assumed by gold; Question raised by the high brow whether the engrossers and trust magnates were not after all the poets and philosophers of the age; Reasons why one should be beware of the intellectual when he lapses into humility; Suitability of the job for the intellect to classify and analyze the extreme unfortunates; Significance of the finding that moronism does not disqualify a man absolutely for practical purposes.

Focuses on the issues related to academic liberty of the educational institutes in the U.S. View that academic liberty is the best for the institution, the administration and the professors themselves; Claim that colleges boom after an academic liberty; Dismissal of a Professor from a college for irreligion; Claim that his markings were a massacre and one-third of his students went down; Details about the matters related to the Professor.

Presents an experience of the author and his friends while watching the play "Little Millie. The Gambler's Slave" and emphasizes the need of different movie for statesmen; Interest of the author and his friends in shows and movies; Description of the opening scene of the play; Excitement of the author and his friends during various emotional scenes of the play; Information on an Italian play which was announced to be made on Franco-British Entente, after the World war I; Reaction of U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes on seeing the play; Suggestion that statesmen should be educated by appropriate movies; Political issues on which plays can be made.

Examines the lives of middle aged men and women. Common physical characteristics of middle aged justices; Role of social institutions on the depression over middle age; Lack of sex attraction and excitement.

Describes the socio-economic conditions in Berlin, Germany in September 1921. Disorderliness of the city; Consumers disposal of their money, the deutsche marks, before they become worthless; Living conditions of the working class; Impoverishment of the old aristocracy; Public attitude towards the government.

Investigates the need for Japanese emigration. Economic conditions in Japan; General welfare of the Japanese population through emigration; Japan's position in international markets; Advantages of the country's economic geography; Basis of the Japanese policy; Opportunity to establish the country's commercial goodwill throughout China.

Reveals the motives of some Americans in voting for Senator Warren Harding as their presidential candidate in the 1920 elections. Analogy between party loyalty and patriotism; American political tradition of the president appointing cabinet officers more able than himself; Author's concerns about the country's economic conditions; Possibility that Harding's modesty means no major international enterprise.

Discusses the characterization of the Treaty of Versailles by the economist John Maynard Keynes. Views of the author about the violation of the preliminary engagements by the peace terms imposed upon Germany; Agreement of American reviewers in qualifying Keynes's analysis of personal motives in the conference; Liability of Germany under the treaty; Revision sought by Keynes through the League of Nations; Admission of the critics on the desirability of revision.

Describes the post-World War I condition of the U.S. Disappearance of post-war politics; Existence of bigotry and persecution; Difficulty of cleaning up the mess before the country can exhibit its landscape and strength to strangers; Remainder of the sufferings of the citizens.

Focuses on the war against rum in Bohemia, Czech Republic. Assertion that the war ended by a peace of violence and extermination; Engagement of enemy in atrocities; Objectives of the war.

Comments on the economic conditions in Europe, particularly the restoration of capitalism after World War I. Proposal of a radical surgery since Europe is brewing with social discontent; Obligations of the U.S. towards the continent since its industrial and financial power is equivalent to that of all Europe at peace; Rehabilitation of production and employment in the region through the restoration of machinery, material supplies and both domestic and foreign markets; Assumption of the role of a cautious banker by American finance and industry.

Comments on the labor conditions in the U.S. Contribution of the achievement of the revolutions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the removal of the of humility from middle class businesses and professions; Initiation of restrictions upon the exploitation of child and woman labor in the interest of labor; Freedom won by the middle class by forcing a society that lived by their services to give them a voice in the conduct of public affairs.

Describes the characteristics of Americans from boyhood to manhood. Claim that the American boy has his own dreams and ideals, and own canons of conduct; Dream of the true American boy to be a hero; Definition of the rights of mutual support the boys possessed; Description of the boys' codes of conduct; Auditory expression found by the boy culture in the Fourth of July and the brass band; Explanation of the characteristics and accomplishments of Americans in terms of war psychology.

Discusses the impression of the author on the city of Savannah in Georgia. Description of the city; Presence of older buildings with exquisite architecture throughout the city; Notions of justice and fairness in Georgia; Advancement of Blacks in matters of employment opportunities; Question on the race issues and the advent of industrialization.

Presents viewpoints of U.S. businessman Harold Cranefield regarding social and economic condition of the U.S. Earlier belief of Cranefield that the U.S. socio-economic system has a very strong foundation; Nature of Cranefield, who was a liberal but now he has turned to Communism; Viewpoint of Cranefield that the world is going to perdition; Viewpoints of Cranefield regarding the Great Communist Revolution and the proletariat; Meaning of Bolshevism and its scope of spreading fast in Great Britain and Germany.

Focuses on the case of Gertrude Pignol, a German-born teacher from the Manual Training High School in Brooklyn, New York, who was dismissed for disloyalty by not supporting the U.S. in its conflict with Germany during World War I. Recollection of other teachers regarding the alleged anti-American actuations of Pignol during the war; Formal charges against Pignol after the inquisition conducted by the Associate Superintendent of Schools John Tildsley; Refusal of Pignol to buy Liberty bonds; Question regarding the distinction between the liberties of a citizen in a democracy and those of a public official or employee.

Presents the short story "Forbidden Fruit," by Alvin Johnson.

Comments on the growing movement for community land settlement that dealt with the political preconditions and the economic possibilities of such settlements in the U.S. Details on the fundamental element in the proposed community system; Opportunities of the educational and cooperative life of an American community; Emphasis on the general problem of economic democracy.

Explores ways of providing land settlement for American soldiers returning from World War I to the U.S. Need for a fair prospect of a surplus above the present productivity of the land, which, added to the labor income that can now be had from farming, will offer substantial opportunity to men returning from war; Importance of a full preparation for occupancy; Assertion that candidates for farm holdings ought to serve a probationary period sufficiently long to exhibit their real qualities; Necessity for the American people to understand that land settlement of soldiers requires goodwill and an infinite amount of expert work, involving the mobilization of talents, legal, engineering, agronomic and financial.

Offers a look at the plans for providing the returned soldier with land in the European continent. Importance of adequate food supplies in the region; Details on the problems of demobilization; Method of settling soldiers on the land.

Relates the encounter of soldiers at an encampment, while their regiment was awaiting orders after their ceasefire. Mood of the soldiers during the gathering of the company before dinner; Evidence of unrest among the soldiers; Discipline of the men before they go out of control.

Comments on the plan of ending government control of railways in the U.S. within 21 months after the close of war. Rejection of restoring the old system of management; Emphasis on the role of railways in war; Evaluation of the cost and rewards of constructing a railway; Advantages of public ownership; Benefits of a public and private partnership; Importance of considering national development; Recognition of national interest in a developed transportation system.

Presents a short story "On Land and Sea," by Alvin Johnson.

Focuses on the issue of profits taxation in the U.S. Proposal to levy consumption taxes of wide incidence; Taxation for the services of laborers; Advantages of profits taxation.

Focuses on the issue of succession for department head in a university. Dilemma of the retiring head on his choice of successor in the post; Assessment of the qualifications of the men holding rank under him; Occurrence of conflict between the head and one of his colleague in the department; Decision of the university president to appoint the successor from outside the university.

Presents a short story "The Lynching in Bass County," by Alvin Johnson.

Discusses statistics of the tonnage situation during the war. Steam tonnage on July 1, 1916 of Great Britain, the United States, France, Japan and Russia; Estimate of number of tons of shipping fit for ocean transportation; Losses of the Allies in shipping accommodations through the tying up of neutral shipping; Loss suffered by the Allied group through sinkings; View by the author that the tonnage situation is not so serious as to threaten defeat for the Allies.

Focuses on the importance of banality in the society. Recognition of the inferiority of a trade in the true scale of values; Need for the "inexpert public" to assert independence; Importance of the simulation of interest by several people in a community; Capability of every individual to become banal.

Focuses on the efforts of Andrew Furuseth to push for the enactment of the Seamen's law in the United States. Rights of man at sea; Emotional exaggeration of the labor leader; Wages of sailors; Increase of share in the joint land and water rates; Affordability of running ships; Provisions of the Seamen's law; Internationalization of the ship-owning business; Wages of seamen; Economics of Seamen's law.

Presents the short story "The Lot of the Inventor," by Alvin S. Johnson.

Presents the short story, "The Voice of the Pullman," by Alvin S. Johnson.

Comments on the strained international relations between the U.S. and Mexico. Effects of a form of feudalistic and disorderly capitalism; Capitalism of the camp that inevitably transcends the sphere that the modern state can safely allot to purely private enterprise; Implications on international relations and capitalism.

Examines the concept of free enterprise. Economic description of free enterprise; Elements of the system of free enterprise; Historical conditions determining the distribution of prizes for enterprise; Effectivity of free enterprise in England after the downfall of Napoleon; Self-limiting periods of industrial transmutation and of exploitative pioneering; Creating institutions to provide enterprises with capital.

Comments on the causes of economic cycles. Relationship between meteorological and economic cycles; Overproduction of capital inherent in the existing economic system; Compilation of the events making up the characteristic cycle; Prediction of the course of economic change; Analysis of the statistics of pig-iron production; Existence of the succession of hunger and abundance; Failure of the government to concentrate its own undertaking in such a way as to increase public employment when private hiring diminished.

Focuses on the philosophy of peacemaker Norman Angell. Teaching that no nation can gain from a war under existing conditions; Regard for the annexation of adjacent territory as one of the most solid gains from military adventure; Angell;' view that a war is disastrous to both victor and vanquished, owing to the interlacing of financial relations; Current events that prove the value of colonies as a military resource; Basis of the superiority in the arts of peace and the benefits of war according to Angell; Need for a revolution of ideas and a readjustment of the values governing international policy in order to make progress in the direction of world peace.