Excerpt from The Substance of Economics: For the Student and the General Reader People have wants, and have to work in order to satisfy them. AS time goes on, their, requirements grow in number and variety, while the methods and organization of supply become increasingly complex. In the following pages, a study will be made of these wants, and the efforts that are exerted to produce those commodities and services for their satisfaction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.