Project Gutenberg 2009-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 538 Nearing, Scott 1883 1983 22024941 The Next Step: A Plan for Economic World Federation E-text prepared by Peter Vachuska, Graeme Mackreth, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Next Step: A Plan for Economic World Federation" by Scott Nearing is a socio-economic treatise written in the early 20th century. This work addresses the pressing need for a new economic order in the aftermath of World War I, advocating for a worldwide cooperative framework to replace the competitive structures that have led to chaos and conflict. The central topic revolves around the concept of global economic interdependence and the necessity for an organization that promotes shared prosperity rather than rivalry. At the start of the book, Nearing paints a grim picture of the post-war economic landscape, characterized by despair, uncertainty, and the failures of both conventional systems and the League of Nations. He emphasizes the urgent need for a system that ensures economic stability by fostering cooperation among nations and groups, rather than competition. Nearing outlines how the war exposed the fragility of the existing order and led to a widespread recognition of the need for constructive change. He argues that a new economic life must be established, focusing on the interconnection between various industries and the importance of a collective approach to global challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 46.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Economic history HD Text Category: Politics Category: Economics 409399 2025-08-12T05:13:08.524602 text/html 405625 2009-05-29T14:02:15 text/html 318944 2025-08-12T05:13:18.586506 application/epub+zip 322335 2025-08-12T05:13:12.400589 application/epub+zip 195064 2025-08-12T05:13:10.833547 application/epub+zip 543128 2025-08-12T05:13:22.421081 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 504481 2025-08-12T05:13:17.125529 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302705 2022-09-13T12:31:38.006662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337928 2025-08-12T05:13:07.534607 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 337579 2009-05-29T14:00:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 337586 2009-05-29T14:00:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20023 2025-08-12T05:13:22.551003 application/rdf+xml 16939 2025-08-12T05:13:11.365538 image/jpeg 3801 2025-08-12T05:13:11.099564 image/jpeg 114562 2009-05-29T14:00:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 213641 2009-05-29T14:08:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 114543 2009-05-29T14:00:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 298386 2025-08-12T05:13:08.556559 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia