Chapter 14: Evolution: Inhibitory Power
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| Source | America and the New Epoch |
| Year | 1916 |
| Section ID | america-and-new-epoch-chapter-15 |
| Location | lines 6233-6597 |
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| Word Count | 2099 |
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Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”XIV evolution: inhibitory power THE industrial corporation of to-day is or- ganized for effective constructive work; it has developed the characteristics necessary for economic efficiency — continuity of organization and at the same time flexibility to adapt itself in a high degree to the requirements of indus- trial production, and to the personality of its members; it has within itself the responsibility of the individual toward the whole, and encour- ages initiative and individualistic development as important factors of industrial progress, and especially it has solved the problem of filling the offices with competent and qualified men. Neither the political Government nor any other organization has these characteristics, and it therefore appears the natural and most logical step that the executive and administrative Gov- ernment of our nation in the co-operative era 177 AMERICA ANDSource-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Ether references
Section titled “Ether references”... ve nothing to do with professional qualifica- tions, but where the decision depends on the personal preference, but is dictated by no economic law, and requires no special experi- ence or knowledge. Such would, for instance, be the question whether the increasing efficiency of industrial production should be utilized by increasing the standard of living, or by reducing the time of work, or by l^olh; and this question the unskilled laborer can decide just as efficiently as the corporat ...Dielectricity / capacity
Section titled “Dielectricity / capacity”... , as was the individualistic age. At least, so it appears. It might be called an aristocratic democracy, using the term aristocratic in its original mean- ing, that the influence of the individual on so- ciety should be proportional to his capacity — democratic; everybody has the same chance, the same right, and there is no discrimination — egalite; everybody is free to choose his ac- tivity, to develop his individuality — liberie; everybody is guaranteed in his standard of living, as ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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