War Collectivism: Power, Business, and the Intellectual Class in World War I More than any other single period, World War I was the critical watershed for the American business system. It was a "war collectivism," a totally planned economy run largely by big-business interest through the instrumentality of the central government, which served as the model, the precedent, and the inspiration for state corporate capitalism for the remainder of the century.Paperback, 134 pages, ISBN: 9781610162500TABLE OF CONTENTS War Collectivism in World War I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7World War I as Fulfillment:Power and the Intellectuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53Piestism and Prohibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Women at War and at the Polls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Savings Our Boys from Alcohol and Vice . . . . . . . . . .74The New Republic Collectivists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83Economics in Service of the State:The Empiricism of Richard T. Ely. . . . . . . . . . . . . .94Economics in Service of the State:Government and Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127