This collection assembles essays advocating free trade and sound money while criticizing protectionism and currency debasement, and offers analyses of strikes, trusts, commercial crises, and maritime policy. It also presents reflections on the science of society, education, and discipline, and includes a notable lecture that formulates the idea of the forgotten man as the overlooked individual who bears economic burdens. The volume concludes with a bibliography and index linking the author’s economic and social observations.