A Forecast of the Future of American RailroadsDaniels, Winthrop M.
doi: 10.2307/1882328pmid: N/A
Summary Introduction: the alarmist and the fatalist attitude; the problems to be solved, 364. — I. Transportation Technique; how recent its great advances, 365. — Motor-truck possibilities, 368. — Centralized generation of power, 371. — II. Terminals, 371. — Unitary control inevitable, 374. — III. Consolidations, 375. — Future of the Transportation Act in this regard uncertain, 376. — Public advantage of consolidation, 377. — IV. Ownership and Control, 378. — Financial difficulties arising from the legal limitation of return, 380. — Possible eventual outcome: a few great corporations, mixed directorates, 382. 1 The substance of this article was delivered originally as a public lecture at Harvard University, Jan. 8, 1924. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1923–24 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
The Case for Industrial DualismRoss, Edward Alsworth
doi: 10.2307/1882329pmid: N/A
Summary I. The change from handicraft to machine, 384. — II. The intensification of capitalism, 386. — III. Strikes and the sterilization of capital, 387. — IV. Neither cooperation nor socialism possible as a remedy, 390. — V. Existing tendencies lead to capitalistic feudalism, 391. — VI. The alternative is industrial dualism, 393.— VII. Thus can democracy be maintained, capitalistic feudalism averted, 395. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1923–24 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Financial and Monetary Policy of Great Britain During the Napoleonic WarsSilberling, Norman, J.
doi: 10.2307/1882330pmid: N/A
Summary The circumstances attending the Bank Restriction, 398. — Deviations in exchange rates and specie, 398. — Sentiments of Paine, Fox, and Sheridan; their political objectives, 400. — Walter Boyd's statement of a depreciation theory; responsibility attributed solely to the Bank; indices of excessive issue, 404. — Henry Thornton and the purchasing-power-parity theory; confusion between convertible and inconvertible conditions; defense of the Bank, 407. — Horner's interpretation, 411. — Lord King's view of excess and depreciation; disregard of political factors; exoneration of the country banks, 413. — John Wheatley's program for war financing by systematic lowering of prices; refutation of the country-bank doctrine, 415. — Writings of Ricardo; agitation for immediate contraction of Bank issues and possibly resumption of cash payments; theoretical confusions and inconsistencies; hostility to the Bank; possibly explained by stock-exchange interests, 423. — The Bullion Committee Report a theoretical essay divorced from facts, abounding in misconceptions, and proposing impossible policy, 430. — Ricardo's striking change of attitude in 1819, 437. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1923–24 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
No—Par Stock: Its Economic and Legal AspectsBonbright, James C.
doi: 10.2307/1882331pmid: N/A
Summary Significance of par value, 441. — Difficulties arising from its use, 444. — Removal of par value as a solution of the difficulties, 446. — First objection to the use of shares without par: effect on stockholders' liability, 451. — Their liability under present no-par stock laws, 452. — Can effective liability be secured without par value? 460. — Second objection: that no-par shares may be issued at too low prices, 462. — Conclusions, 464. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1923–24 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
United States Commerce with Latin America at the Promulgation of the Monroe DoctrineChandler, Charles Lyon
doi: 10.2307/1882332pmid: N/A
Summary The share of Hispanic America in the Foreign Trade of the United States in 1823, 466. — United States Exports to Hispanic America, 467. — Imports from Hispanic America, 471. — Difficulties in the trade: warfare, piracy, glutted markets, 473. — Trade with Brazil, 474. — With northern South America, 477. — With the independent West Indies, 478. — With the West Coast of South America; whaling, 483. — Interest in the American Trade in United States Congress, 485. — Summary, 486. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1923–24 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Clark's Economics of Overhead CostsSanders, T. H.
doi: 10.2307/1882333pmid: N/A
1 Studies in the Economics of Overhead Cost, by J. Maurice Clark. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. 1923. Pp. xiv, 602. 34. Article PDF first page preview Close This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1923–24 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Books Receiveddoi: 10.1093/qje/38.3.537pmid: N/A
Article PDF first page preview Close This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright, 1923–24 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College