Chapter 3: The Individualistic Era: From Competition to Co-operation
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Section titled “Source Metadata”| Field | Value |
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| Source | America and the New Epoch |
| Year | 1916 |
| Section ID | america-and-new-epoch-chapter-04 |
| Location | lines 874-1745 |
| Status | candidate |
| Word Count | 4451 |
| Equation Candidates In Section | 9 |
| Figure Candidates In Section | 0 |
| Quote Candidates In Section | 0 |
Opening Source Excerpt
Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”FROM COMPETITION TO CO-OPERATION finally a time came when the means of produc- tion of commodities increased beyond the demand possible under existing conditions. England was the first nation to benefit from the competitive organization of society. While all Europe was plunged into the Napoleonic wars, England, protected by the ocean, organ- ized its trade and industries. Therefore Eng- land was the first nation in which the means of production developed beyond the possible demand. Temporarily the problem was solved by supplying the markets of the world, and thereby taking care of the rapidly increasing excess of its producing facilities over its own demand. Thus England became a great ex- porting nation, and by the profits of its foreign trade laid the foundation of its later financial power. But gradually the other nations caught up.Source-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Ether references
Section titled “Ether references”... to the 23 AMERICA AND THE NEW EPOCH soil as fertilizer whatever we take out as crops, then under the present industrial organization of our country we will not be able to maintain our present standard of living. All these features together have created an abnormal increase of consuming capacity of our nation, and so it was only in the last decades that the means of possible production have be- gun to increase beyond the possible demand for consumption and the industrial prob ...Dielectricity / capacity
Section titled “Dielectricity / capacity”... tilizer whatever we take out as crops, then under the present industrial organization of our country we will not be able to maintain our present standard of living. All these features together have created an abnormal increase of consuming capacity of our nation, and so it was only in the last decades that the means of possible production have be- gun to increase beyond the possible demand for consumption and the industrial problem has become urgent. This problem had not been expec ...Field language
Section titled “Field language”... cannot re- store competition. It is dead, just as dead as the feudalism of the Middle Ages. Co-operation is taking its place. This, here in America, many of our leaders 32 FROM COMPETITION TO CO-OPERATION of thought in the theoretical field, in our uni- versities, in our political offices, have not real- ized, neither do the mass of the people realize it yet, and consequently they mistake the effect for the cause. They imagine industrial consoli- dation is killing competition, a ...Transients / damping
Section titled “Transients / damping”... tted, as temporarily, for some years, an industrial organization can continue without dividends. Surplus represents the amount of income set aside for times when the income falls below the cost of production — that is, is an insurance against temporary losses.) 28 FROM COMPETITION TO CO-OPERATION The distribution of proportionate cost and of fixed cost per $100 capital invested in the plant thus would be: At an annual income of $50 : Proportionate Fixed Cost Cost Labor $ 8 $1 Fue ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
Section titled “Chapter-Local Concept Hits”| Concept Candidate | Hits In Section | Status |
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| Competition | 46 | seeded-source-specific |
| Corporation | 34 | seeded-source-specific |
| Co-operation | 19 | seeded-source-specific |
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Section titled “Chapter-Local Glossary Hits”| Term Candidate | Hits In Section | Status |
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| co-operation | 19 | seeded-source-specific |
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america-and-new-epoch-eq-candidate-0001 | tions up to over 90 per cent, of the total cost | line 1083 |
america-and-new-epoch-eq-candidate-0002 | fixed cost per $100 capital invested in the | line 1164 |
america-and-new-epoch-eq-candidate-0003 | $26 proportionate cost, per $100 invested, | line 1192 |
america-and-new-epoch-eq-candidate-0004 | would be saved, but the $14 fixed cost, per $100 | line 1193 |
america-and-new-epoch-eq-candidate-0005 | At $40 total cost of production, this would | line 1207 |
america-and-new-epoch-eq-candidate-0006 | give an annual loss of $40 — $33 = $7, or 7 per | line 1214 |
america-and-new-epoch-eq-candidate-0007 | out the capital of the company in -7- = 14 | line 1216 |
america-and-new-epoch-eq-candidate-0008 | cost, to $33, as the loss thereby incurred, of | line 1222 |
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