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The Influence of Economic and Industrial Conditions on Infant Mortality

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1915 30(1), 127
I. The older view, that women's work in itself caused high infant mortality, 127. — Modem inquiries lead to doubt regarding the direct effect, 128. — II. Statistical Evidence: Boston, 129; Johnstown, 132; Birmingham (Eng.), 133; Fall River, 134. — III. Indirect Influences; pervasive example, 138. — Vitality of young women, 140. — IV. Influence of Housework, 141.—V. Influence of Poverty, 145. — VI. Conclusion, 150.

The Concept of Value Further Considered

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1915 29(4), 674
I. Relation of value concept to causal theory of value, 675. — II. Various roots of relative conception of value: "Relativity of Knowledge, " 676. — Geometrical conceptions of relativity; parallel argument for relativity of value, 677. — Doctrine of fixed sum total of values, 680. — Haney's expressions, 681. — Usage in English, French and German, 681. — III. General rise or fall of values, 682. — Can one good alone have value ? 683. — Abstract v. concrete ratios, 684. — "Rate of exchange" as abstract ratio, 685. — "Rate of exchange" useless for economic analysis: views of J. B. Clark, Böhm-Bawerk, Carver and C. M. Walsh, 685. — IV. Illustrations of need of absolute value concept, 687. — Fisher's "general price level" an indefensible substitute, 688. — Shift in Laughlin's argument, 690. — V. Speed and value as ratios, 691. — The "mathematician's fallacy, " 692. — Differences between measurement of speed and measurement of values, 693. — VI. "Rate of exchange" as "price, " 695. — VII. Different consequences of absolute and relative value concepts in economic analysis, 695. — (1) Value a wider concept than exchange, 695. — Value in sociology and in economics, 696. — Value and exchange in socialistic state, 696. — (2) Value and exchangeability not correlated, 697. — Nor do prices always correctly express values, except in static theory, 698. — Values as causes of prices, 698. — Temporal relation of cause and effect, 698. — (3) Prices often partly controlled by non-economic values, 699. — Law, custom, and morals in relation to prices, 699. — Exchange theory of value cannot shirk consideration of these cases, 702. — VIII. (4) "Power in exchange" as equivalent of value, 702. — IX. (5) Schumpeter's use of relative concept as regards land value, 703. — X. Conclusion, 705.

Scientific Management in Practice

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1915 29(2), 262
I. Introductory. — Scope of the investigation, personnel; statistics, 262; Personnel, 263. — II. Applications of scientific management, 267; Municipal and miscellaneous work, 267. — Railroads and public utilities, 269. — Industrial plants, 270. — Time study and instruction cards, 274. — Stores system, 279. — Routing, 280. — Inspection, 283. — Standardization of equipment, materials, and plant, 284. — Cost statistics, 286. — Sales, 287. — Gross results, 288. — III. Effect on workers. — Wages, 290; Health, 292; Interest, loyalty, 294.—IV. General economic results, 297. — Relations with organized labor, 298. — V. Failures and their causes, 303. — VI. General influence of the movement, 306.

The Concept of Value: A Rejoinder

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1915 29(4), 709
I. Points of agreement, 709. — Need of economic standards independent of price, 710. — The place of inappropriables, 711. — Weighting of individuals in social value, 712. — Conflicts of values, 713. — Values of institutions should be imputed to institutions, not to single commodities, 715. — Marginal method reversed, 715. — Some of the requirements of a social theory of value, 716. — II. Dual nature of Professor Anderson's concept, 716. — Term "rate" avoids a confusion, 717. — III. Doctrine v. definition, 718. — Doctrine criticized by Professor Anderson not implied in the mere definition of value, 719. — Examples, 720. — IV. Use of the relative concept, 720. — "Assuming a fixed value of money, " and other criticisms, 721. — V. Economic v. non-economic, 722. — Values of institutions not to be taken for granted as something supreme and apart from single exchanges, 723. — Conclusion, 723.

Monopoly or Competition as the Basis of a Government Trust Policy

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1915 29(2), 308
The problem must be attacked on grounds of theory, 308. — Maximum satisfaction and the law of the equalization of marginal return, 311. — Monopoly and competition not antagonistic, but supplementary, 315. — The endeavor to suppress combinations misdirected and futile, 318. — Competition leads to overcapitalization, i. e., excessive capital investment, in certain industries, 321. — Existing Kartells do not represent advantageous monopolistic organization, 322. — Criticism of the American trust legislation of 1914, 324.

The Concept of Value

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1915 29(4), 663
Need of enlarged concepts, 663. — The "ratio" argument non-essential, 664. — The word "rate" might avoid unnecessary verbal implications, 668. — Relation and quality two phases of one fact, 672.