The World Unbalanced

Excerpt from The World Unbalanced<br><br>The World's Economics Chaos; The New Forces Guiding The World; Social Influences of the Power Derived from Coal and Oil; The Economic Situation of Germany; Psychological Elements of Finance; Fundamental Principles of Political Economy<br><br>The New Collective Powers; Mystical Illusions concerning the Power of Assemblies;<br>Results Obtainable by Collective Deliberation: the Geneva Congress; The Great Parliamentary Aggregations; The evolution of Collectivities towards Diverse Forms of Despotism; Illusions concerning the League of Nations; The Political Influence of Prestige<br><br>How to Reform the Mentality of a People; American Ideas on Education; Teaching Reforms in France and the German Universities; Moral Instructions in Schools; The Creation of Moral Habits by the Army<br><br>Alliances and Wars; The Value of Alliances; The Fight for Hegemony and the Struggle for Existence; The Problem of Security; Future Forms of War and the Disarmament Illusion<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.