Knowledge that Transforms

Journal Article Gustav Cassel's Autobiography Get access Eric Englund Eric Englund Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, United States Department of Agriculture Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 57, Issue 3, May 1943, Pages 466–493, https://doi.org/10.2307/1881757 Published: 01 May 1943

Method of investigation, 242. — Movement between factories, 245. — Effect of inter-factory movement on wages, 248. — Persistence of wage differentials: factors affecting wage practices, 254; non-competitive hiring practices, 257. — Lack of competition among workers, 259; influence of family and friends, 260; absence of effective vocational guidance, 261; weakness of financial incentives, 261. — Summary, 262.

Genesis and organization of the Bank, 65. — The experimental period: the first two years, 68; development of lending policies, 68; extension and further developments, 71. — The period of Scandinavian credits: the "Finnish Loan Bill, " 74; the Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish loans, 75. — The period of Latin American credits: the Act of 1940, 76; transportation loans, 78; the Brazilian Steel loan, 79; the Brazilian Economic Agreements, 80; Haiti and Ecuador, 80; Bolivia, 81; credits to Central Banks, 81. — Conclusions: aid to exporters, 85; economic development, 87; opportunities ahead, 88.

Journal Article Pareto on Marshall's Demand Curve Get access Edwind B. Wilson Edwind B. Wilson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 58, Issue 1, December 1943, Pages 141–145, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885761 Published: 01 December 1943

Introduction: importance of recognizing the relative nature of "truth, " 1. — I. Historical interrelationships between economic thought concerning competition and the social environment, 3. — II. Emergence of theories of imperfect (or monopolistic) competition, 8. — Danger that these may also present a distorted picture of reality, 9. — Their relation to empirical investigation, 10. — Other limitations on their direct usefulness, 12. — The nature of "scientific method, " 12. — III. Relation of the new theories to public policy toward business, 14. — Need for humility, 16. — IV. Impact of this aspect of theory upon the social environment, 18. — The New Deal, 18. — Danger in short-run political expediency, 21. — V. Conclusions, 22.

Method of measurement: division of total trade into three categories, 566; possible misinterpretation of the figures, 572. — Main result of the calculations: the data, 573; the traditional type of exchange not dominant, 576; comparison with findings of the Institut für Weltwirtschaft, 577. — Analysis of the statistics for groups of countries, 579. — Commodity structure of British foreign trade since 1854, 588. — Historical importance of the traditional view of the commodity structure of world trade, 591.

The First World War: Revenue Act of 1916, 630; Revenue Acts of 1918 and 1921, 631; criteria used by the Government, 632; extent of amortization under this law, 634; the question of incentives, 634. — The Second World War: Second Revenue Act of 1940, 636; administration of this law, 637; changes in the law in 1942, 639. — Accelerated depreciation as an incentive to plant expansion, 641. — Conclusions, 645.

Journal Article Keynes, White, and History Get access Walter W. Haines Walter W. Haines Ocean City, N. J. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 58, Issue 1, December 1943, Pages 120–133, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885759 Published: 01 December 1943

I. Proportion of income saved and invested by farmers, 49. — II. Proportion of nation's capital employed in agriculture, 50. — Influence of interest rates, 53. — III. Prospective profits less influential than other considerations, 54. — Extent of underinvestment, 56.— IV. Influence of tenancy, 58. — Factors restricting use of credit, 58. — V. Unexploited investment opportunities, 61. — Remedial measures available, 61.