Title: The challenge of facts : and other essays /
Authors: Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910.; Keller, Albert Galloway, 1874-1956,; Keller, Albert Galloway, 1874-1956,
Publisher: Yale University Press; [etc., etc.],
Year: 1914
Subjects: Social sciences.
Contents: Sketch of William Graham Sumner.--The challenge of facts.--Reply to a socialist.--What makes the rich richer and the poor poorer?--The concentration of wealth: its economic justification.--Industrial war.--A parable.--The demand for men.--The significance of the demand for men.--What the "social question" is.--What emancipates.--Power and progress.--Consequences of increased social power.--What is the "proletariat"?--Who win by progress?--Federal legislation on railroads.--Legislation by clamor.--The shifting of responsibility.--The state as an "ethical person."--The new social issue.--Speculative legislation.--Republican government.--Democracy and responsible government.--Advancing social and political organization in the United States.