First published in 1914, Business—A Profession, Brandeis' second book, is a collection of speeches and magazine articles written before his ascension to the Supreme Court. The essays reflect a number of Brandeis' concerns: trusts, unionism, life insurance, scientific management, citizenship and the moral duty of lawyers.

Business-A Profession

The Employer and Trades Unions

Hours of Labor

Organized Labor and Efficiency

Efficiency By Consent

The Road to Social Efficiency

Our New Peonage: Discretionary Pensions

The Incorporation of Trades Unions

How Boston Solved the Gas Problem

Life Insurance: The Abuses and the Remedies

Savings Bank Insurance

Successes of Savings Bank Life Insurance

Trusts and Efficiency

Trusts and the Export Trade

Competition That Kills

The New England Transportation Monopoly

The New Haven-An Unregulated Monopoly

An Aid to Railroad Efficiency

Interlocking Directors

The Opportunity in the Law

The Living Law

True Americanism