Knowledge that Transforms

The Unique Position in Greek Trade of Emigrant Remittances Get access Eliot G. Mears Eliot G. Mears Stanford University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 37, Issue 3, May 1923, Pages 535–540, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883855 Published: 01 May 1923

Shift in relative prices of grain and of animal products during the last 250 years. — Acceleration of the change in Denmark since 1880, 493. — England and Germany as markets, 495. — Intensive cultivation requires careful accounting; its promotion in Denmark, 497. — Imports and exports, 500. — The growth of cooperation; dairies, marketing associations, savings banks, credit associations, 501. — Exceptional coöperative spirit in Denmark, 505. — The Danish small farmer, 506.

Journal Article The Elimination of the Paper Mark As Standard of Value Get access R. R. Kuczynski R. R. Kuczynski Berlin Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 37, Issue 4, August 1923, Pages 761–769, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884061 Published: 01 August 1923

Price policy of the Steel Corporation has been conservative, 2. — The Corporation has no monopoly, 5. — Prices of "finished steel" before and after the organization of the Steel Corporation and before and after the outbreak of the World War, 10. — Extreme fluctuations in the prices of "finished steel" much less during the years 1902 to 1914 than during the periods preceding the formation of the Corporation and after 1915, 14. — Prices of steel billets after the middle eighties show a similar lessening in fluctuations during the years 1902 to 1914, 17. — Prices of steel rails show a pronounced stabilizing influence after the formation of the Steel Corporation, 21. — Influence of pools and associations, and contrast in price movements between billets and rails, 22. — Results of price comparisons show that prior to the World War fluctuations were greatly reduced after the organization of the Steel Corporation, but with the exception of rail quotations, were again increased under the strain of war conditions, 23. — Question of monopoly and price stabilization, 29.

I. Canada. The three transcontinental systems, 32. — The Grand Trunk and Canadian Northern, consolidated as the Canadian National, under government ownership, 34. — The rate problems; the problem of control, 36. — II. Great Britain; the war situation, 38. — The act of 1921: compulsory consolidation; rates fixed, 40. — III. The United States; Transportation act of 1920, 43. — Consolidation, on principles different from the British and Canadian, 44. — Rate regulation and labor adjustment, 46. — IV. Significance of the changes; competition almost eliminated, 47. — Returns to investors virtually guaranteed, 48. — Eventual consequences: not stockholders alone, but bondholders, executives, and employees will come to have a share in management, 49.

I. The general situation. — Compromises between parties, 307. — II. The several taxes; tabular view, 309. — Income tax, 309. — Property tax, 315. — Inheritance tax, 316. — Other direct taxes, 320. — Provision for currency depreciation, 324. — Taxes on property transactions, 325. — III. Taxes on consumption; the sales tax, 328. — Analogous taxes, 331. — The older consumption taxes, 335. — IV. Conclusion, 337.

Journal Article The Agricultural Credits Act of 1923 Get access G. C. Henderson G. C. Henderson Washington, D. C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 37, Issue 3, May 1923, Pages 518–522, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883853 Published: 01 May 1923

Recent Books on Business Cycles F. Ernest Richter F. Ernest Richter New York City Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 38, Issue 1, November 1923, Pages 153–168, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885774 Published: 01 November 1923

Journal Article Williams's Social Psychology; Ogburn's Social Change Get access Z. C. Dickinson Z. C. Dickinson University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 37, Issue 2, February 1923, Pages 369–373, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883936 Published: 01 February 1923

Journal Article A Contribution to the Study of Cost Curves Get access F. W. Taussig F. W. Taussig Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 38, Issue 1, November 1923, Pages 173–176, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885776 Published: 01 November 1923