Excerpt from Elementary Economics: An Introduction to the Study of Economics and Sociology A half century has greatly modified the food supply of the people. The monotonous, badly cooked diet of a few decades ago has been replaced in many homes by a well balanced variety. Cheap transportation has brought the products Of the tropics to our doors, and refrigeration and canning have annihilated time as far as the food supply is now concerned. The importance of this change in con serving the health of the indoor worker can scarcely be overemphasized. The lighting, heating, and sanitation Of dwelling places and workshops have been revolutionized since the day Fort Sumter was fired upon. Business Activity. Human beings are creatures Of wants or desires; and the wants Of the modern man and woman are a multitude compared with those of the primitive man or even of the pioneer. These varied wants or desires Of the men and women Of today are satisfied through all sorts Of activity, but chiefly as the result of the activity called work or business. In order to satisfy wants and to Obtain desired articles and services, men combine and cooperate and struggle and compete with one another in the business and the social world. Likewise, groups of individuals and nations do the same thing. 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.