Patriotic Effort.
When the War was in progress it must be remembered that holders of securities were taxed up to 6s. in the 1 on their interest on securities, to say nothing of Super Tax and......
The " Rentier " Class.
In the prospectuses and appeals which were made at that time there was no reference to the interest and repayment of principal varying according to the fluctuating value of the......
Finance—public & Private
Tampering with Credit THERE is a famous, , though, needless to, say, a purely legendary story told of the inflation period in . Germany following upon the War. Two friends, so......
War Loan Holders.
Needless to say that both of the foregoing stories are imaginary, and I trust that readers of the Spectator will forgive their style and triviality which are designed merely by......
Comment By Sir Hilton Young.
Smnall wonder that la:tir in the debate Sir E. 'Hilton Young should have declared that Mr. Shaw's argument that £100,000,000 could be saved by - taking into con- sideration some......
Sanctity. Of Contracts.
I am not, however, concerned in this place with the general question of - National Expenditure, though in passing I must once more place on record the declaration that there......
Coming Nearer Home.
During the famous War and post-War boom in this country, two imaginary individuals whom we will call John and Henry, worked in munition works and received an extraordinarily......
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