Notes on the Social Saving Controversy
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Economic History
- Vol. 39 (1) , 1-54
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700096285
Abstract
This paper explores a number of the unresolved issues posed by the debate on the social saving of railroads. The final section includes a brief summary of the main findings of the new economic history of transportation.Keywords
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