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Federal Operation of Railroads During the War

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1919 33(4), 577
Reasons why the roads were taken over by the government, 577. — The contract, 582. — Federal operation, 587. — Labor conditions, 602. — Rate increases, 606. — Capital expenditures and the revolving fund, 609. — Relation of the railroad administration to existing regulating agencies, 611. — The future, 617.

Indebtedness of Principal Belligerents

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1919 33(3), 504
Total debts of principal belligerents, 504. — Table showing debts before the war and at its close, 505. — Expenditures, receipts from taxation, and borrowings of the United States, 507. — Great Britain, 508. —France, 510. — Italy, 514. — Russia, 516. — Germany, 519. — Austria-Hungary, 526. — Turkey, 527. — Loans to Turkey from Germany and Austria-Hungary, 529.

Walsh's The Climax of Civilization: Socialism; and Feminism

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1919 33(4), 714
Journal Article Walsh's The Climax of Civilization: Socialism; and Feminism Get access T. N. Carver T. N. Carver Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 33, Issue 4, August 1919, Pages 714–716, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885278 Published: 01 August 1919

Four Labor Programs

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1919 33(2), 344
The four programs described, 344. — The balancing-up program, 346. — Necessity of a balance among factors of production, 346. — Laws of value sometimes independent of social institutions, 347. — Institutions affect value of consumers' goods mainly, they scarcely affect relative values of factors of production, 351. — A slightly unbalanced population makes a collective bargaining program certain, 360. — A badly unbalanced population makes a voting program certain, 362. — An extremely unbalanced population makes a fighting program certain, 366.

The Iron-Ore Problem of Lorraine

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1919 33(3), 531
Importance of iron-ore reserves of Lorraine, 531. — Comparison with reserves of other countries, 534. — Quality and location of French reserves, 535. — Dependence of German steel industry upon Lorraine, 536.— Also of French steel industry, 538. — Probable French policy of control, 540. — Coal production of France and Germany, 544. — Importance of the Saar district, 547. — German pre-war view of importance of controlling iron in the interest of militancy, 552.

Positive Contributions of Scientific Management

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1919 33(3), 466
I. Introduction, 466.—II. Mechanical or Impersonal Aspects, 471.—A. Increased Production, 471. — B. Decreased Cost, 473. — The Use of Equipment, 475. — The Use of Labor, 477. — Material Control, 477. — Routing, 479. — The Regularizing of Production, 481. — C. Improvement in or Maintenance of Quality, 482. — D. Speedy Production and Accurate Delivery, 483. — E. The Power and Stimulus of Knowledge, 484. — III. The Human Factor, 487. — A. Industrial Peace, 489. — B. High Wages, 490. — C. Proper Working Hours, 492. — D. Conditions of Work as Related to the Health and Well-being of the Worker, 493. — E. Selection, Fitting and Training, 496. — F. Free Scope for Individual Initiative and Opportunity for Advancement, 498. — G. Reduction of Labor Turnover, 500. — H. A Spirit of Coöoperation and Confidence, and a Feeling of Security, 501.

Latin American Foreign Exchange and International Balances During the War

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1919 33(3), 422
The credit-exchange arrangements, 422.—Comparison of the course of exchange in the four leading countries, 425.—Buenos Aires and Montevideo exchange, 428. — The Argentine balance of international payments, 431. — Quantity exports of meat and cereals, 436. — The Chilean trade balance, 438. — Nitrate, exports, production, prices, 439. — Exports of coffee, 443. — Interest payments, 443. — Chilean exchange a depreciated paper exchange, 445. — The fall of the rate since the armistice, 448. — The new exports and industries of Brazil, 449. — The fall of Brazilian exchange, 453. — The decline of exports (and prices) of coffee and rubber, 455. — Comparison of trade balances of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, 459. — Foreign borrowings of Brazil, 460. — Budgetary deficits, 462. — Inconvertible paper money, 463. — Interest payments, 464.

Normal Price as a Market Concept

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1919 33(4), 632
The normal price concept reflects a constructive purpose of economic theory, 632. — Margin of profit-making entrepreneurship a test of normality, 633. — Need of a market-distribution normal particularly in the case of extractive products, whose supply is not expansible during certain periods, 636. — This implies merely some change of emphasis and complementing of the equilibrium theory of value, 638. — The perfect competitive market price really a normalized price, 639. — The distribution normal as a test of the efficiency of our marketing arrangements, 640. — Relation of cross-section to longitudinal view of the market, 641. — Market normal of fixed-supply goods, 642. — For farm products a "season's normal, " 643. — This may undergo change as the season progresses, 644. — Recapitulation, 648. — Three phases of the market normal, 649. — Interplay of the market-distribution and production-adjustment concepts of normality, 650. — Practical usefulness of the above theory, 651.

British Industry and the American Embargo

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1919 34(1), 88
The Embargo a weapon of offense, 88. — Times favored the trial, 89. — Hardships inflicted on British labor, 91. — An incentive to smuggling, 94. — Stagnation gives way to revival in other trade routes, 95. — Cotton a test of the Embargo, 97. — Linen, 101. — Effect of Embargo on British food supply, 102; and consequent ban upon distilleries, 103. — Tables of imports and exports, with comments, 106. — Foreign exchange, 110. — Estimates of loss, 111. — Conclusion and general observations, 112.

A Definition of "Conditions of Labor"

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1919 33(4), 725
Journal Article A Definition of “Conditions of Labor” Get access Paul H. Douglas Paul H. Douglas Emergency Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 33, Issue 4, August 1919, Pages 725–729, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885280 Published: 01 August 1919