Project Gutenberg 2023-04-07 Public domain in the USA. 101 Belloc, Hilaire 1870 1953 Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, H. Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Gilbert K. (Gilbert Keith) 84241976 The great inquiry $aUnited Kingdom :$bDuckworth & Co., $c1903. Benjamin Fluehr, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Great Inquiry" by Hilaire Belloc is a satirical work, likely written during the early 20th century. This publication serves as a mock report of a fictional parliamentary inquiry into the economic conditions of Britain and its colonies, shining a light on the absurdities and inefficiencies of the British political and economic system of the time. Through a series of comical testimonies and exaggerated claims, Belloc critiques the plight of British industry while addressing serious themes related to protectionism, the impact of foreign trade, and national identity. The book unfolds as a series of meetings where various witnesses, ranging from industrialists to animals, offer their evidence about the decline of national health and wealth. Many characters present increasingly ridiculous solutions to the problems they face, such as demanding government subsidies or evidencing the superiority of British products through the anecdotal success of a well-fed pig compared to a poorly nourished one. Ultimately, the inquiry descends into chaos, reveling in nonsensical bureaucracy and absurd claims about economic decline, emphasizing the disconnect between political discourse and the economic realities of the time. Belloc employs humor and satire not just to entertain but to provoke thought regarding political accountability and the often misguided nature of policy decisions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/greatinquiryonly00bellrich/page/n7/mode/2up 20200416015252belloc 1903 GB Reading ease score: 71.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Satire Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914 -- Humor Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930 -- Humor Tariff -- Great Britain -- History -- Humor Protectionism -- Great Britain -- Humor Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1901-1910 -- Humor PR Text Category: Humour Category: British Literature 106551 2025-06-28T04:42:35.920839 text/html 104368 2023-04-07T12:52:57 text/html 6499403 2025-06-28T04:42:40.827792 application/epub+zip 6498389 2025-06-28T04:42:37.556811 application/epub+zip 278860 2025-06-28T04:42:36.563818 application/epub+zip 7016060 2025-06-28T04:42:42.978834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6996202 2025-06-28T04:42:40.033831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85169 2025-06-28T04:42:35.425820 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 84955 2023-04-07T12:52:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20655 2025-06-28T04:42:43.118797 application/rdf+xml 20518 2025-06-28T04:42:36.829864 image/jpeg 3004 2025-06-28T04:42:36.692838 image/jpeg 34129 2023-04-07T12:52:59 application/octet-stream application/zip 6862183 2023-04-07T12:52:59 application/octet-stream application/zip 6948829 2025-06-28T04:42:36.036860 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 en.wikipedia