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The article presents a list of books related to economics published in Norway. Some of the books included in the list are: "Disarmament and World Economic Interdependence," edited by E. Benoit, and "Storbyutvikling og arbeidsreiser en undersøkelse av pendling, befolkningsutvikhng, næringsliv og urnaisering i Oslo-området," by T.R. Rasmussen.

The article discusses classical economist's theory of the state and of government in context to the development of liberalism. In urging economic freedom upon the world, the classicists were expressly, or by implication, insisting that all men should have the right to seek their material welfare in their own way and, moreover, that such a policy was not only morally proper but also psychologically inevitable. In their more extravagant moments, the classicists warned the state that any attempt to stifle enterprise was as foolish as an effort to turn the biology of an organism away from its natural course. Yet in their observations on political doctrine and the organization of the state they were far from holding democratic views. The political doctrine of the classical economists was in reality a liberal doctrine, despite its paradoxical relationship to economic freedom, while their standards of political practice can be described as "utilitarian." The classical economists were less exacting about the form of government than about its proper objectives, when they gave explicit attention to the matter of governmental structure.

The article provides insights into the elements of French wealth, monetary, banking system and public finance during the great war. France enjoys many kinds of various crops. Silk is considered to be very important to the economy. The habitual thrift is a very important feature of the French peasantry and middle class. In 1914, the country is believed to have 7 billions francs, of which 4 billions were in the vaults of the Bank of France and 3 billions are in the hands of private people. The bank plays a most conspicuous role in the monetary system during the great war. The high level of exchange affects the trade between France and the United States. In time of peace, the annual expenditure was 6 billions francs. The public expenses had nearly doubled since the end of the nineteenth century. Lastly, the article provides a comparison with what happened forty-five years ago, at the time of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871.