Project Gutenberg 2009-07-22 Public domain in the USA. 51 Kahn, Otto H. 1867 1934 Kahn, Otto Hermann 18022764 Government Ownership of Railroads, and War Taxation Reading ease score: 39.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Stephanie Eason and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Government Ownership of Railroads, and War Taxation" by Otto H. Kahn is a critical address delivered at the National Industrial Conference Board in New York, likely during the early 20th century. This book discusses the implications of government ownership of railroads and the taxation policies in the context of World War I. Kahn provides insights into the effects of paternalistic regulation on the efficiency of railroads and critiques the war taxation system, suggesting that it may unfairly burden businesses and inhibit economic growth. In his address, Kahn uses metaphors to illustrate the relationship between the government and railroads, likening it to a parent-child dynamic where the government’s heavy-handed control has stunted the growth of individual enterprise in the railroad sector. He argues against excessive regulation and State control, highlighting historical evidence from Europe where government ownership often led to inefficiency and decline in service quality. He suggests that a balanced tax structure is necessary to promote economic growth and equity, advocating for tax policies that incentivize rather than penalize business success. Ultimately, Kahn calls for a reconsideration of how railroads and industries should be managed in the context of national interests post-war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- United States Railroads and state -- United States Finance, Public -- United States -- History -- 1901-1933 HE Text World War I Browsing: Economics Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Politics 70141 70146 2024-10-12T15:53:31.065291 2023-09-13T06:46:41.003495 text/html text/html 67264 2009-07-22T09:27:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 25035 2009-07-22T09:27:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 118618 2024-10-12T15:53:37.342253 application/epub+zip 117218 2024-10-12T15:53:34.729274 application/epub+zip 82798 2024-10-12T15:53:33.449257 application/epub+zip 268817 2024-10-12T15:53:39.254277 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253433 2024-10-12T15:53:36.554242 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223803 2022-09-13T15:38:44.425984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59278 59066 2024-10-12T15:53:30.749274 2023-09-13T06:46:40.792477 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 59145 2009-07-22T09:27:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22408 2009-07-22T09:27:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20692 2024-10-12T15:53:39.380238 application/rdf+xml 17557 2024-10-12T15:53:34.003269 image/jpeg 3894 2024-10-12T15:53:33.722255 image/jpeg 117874 2024-10-12T15:53:31.075299 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia