Excerpt from The Economics of CommerceThe following chapters first appeared in the form of a series of papers on The Political Economy of Business in a magazine circulating chie¿y among commercial men. They were intended for young men engaged in, or just about to enter, commercial life, and aimed at presenting, in a simple, popular, and elementary manner, the main economic principles which ~underlie modern commerce. They are now republished (by request), and it is hoped that they may be of use to others than those for whom they were originally. Intended. Suggestions for further.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.