and merger movements depend upon the existence of the economic institution 'corporation', and second, the regulation of trusts must to a certain extent proceed through regulation of corporate practices (stockwatering in order to hide profits, publicity of financial statements, etc.)." Tobriner (1931) summarized, that "the modern trust problem, with its nation-wide mergers, its powerful trade association, its international price and output agreements, is today demanding and getting fresh attention. Informed opinion is coming in recognize, that former legislation which sweepingly condemned 'every combination in restraint of trade' has broken down. An attempt is being made to re-define the issue and to meet them with less prejudice and with more concern for business needs." Labor and Other Economic Essays, 1931 The posthumous publication of "Labor and Other Economic Essays" is considered one of Seager's most important works, beside "introduction to economics" (1913) and "Trust and corporation problems," (1929). It contained a full bibliography of Seagers publications. Seager had published his first mayor essays on law and labour late 1907. Ernst (1995) summarized: "like other historicist economists, Seager urged that trusts and labor unions be accepted as natural and potentially beneficial developments. They should not be abolished even if they could be, he argued, but they should be regulated to ensure they did not abuse their power. Based largely on his reading of Great Upheaval labor cases, Seager concluded that the courts could not be trusted with the job of policing industrial combinations, because the legal mind was too preoccupied with precedents and traditions to give sufficient regard to the social consequences of industrial combination." Selected publications Seager, Henry R. Introduction to Economics. New York, H. Holt and Company, 1904. Seager, Henry R. Economics a lecture delivered at Columbia university in the series on science, philosophy and art, New York : The Columbia university press, 1909. Seager, Henry R. Economics, Briefer Course (1909) Seager, Henry R. Social Insurance: A Program of Social Reform, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1910. Seager, Henry R. Principles of Economics, New York, H. Holt and company, 1913. James, E. J., Falkner, R. P., Seager, H. R., Johnson, E. R., King, C. L., & Sellin, T. (1921). Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Vol. 97) Seager, Henry Rogers, and Charles Adams Gulick. Trust and corporation problems. New York: Harper, 1929; Arno Press, 1973. Seager, Henry Rogers. Labor and Other Economic Essays. Harper & brothers,