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The Present Condition of Economic History

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1920 34(2), 209
Treatises of the past decade, 209. — Economic history has been studied by periods, 213. — The genetic point of view, 214. — The content of economic history, 217. — Need of a synthesis of development, 218. — Dependence of economic history on history and economics, 220. — Conclusion, 224.

Hawtrey, Currency and Credit; Fisher, Stabilizing the Dollar

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1920 34(3), 520
Journal Article Hawtrey, Currency and Credit; Fisher, Stabilizing the Dollar Get access Allyn A. Young Allyn A. Young Cornell University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 34, Issue 3, May 1920, Pages 520–532, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883364 Published: 01 May 1920

The Report of the Royal Commission on the British Income Tax

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1920 34(4), 607
What is income? Money and real, gross and net, income and capital, 608. — The married couple a unit? 611. — Exemption limit, 612. — Earned and unearned income, 614. — Bachelors, married couples, children, 616. — Graduation; the new scheme, 619. — Collection at the source; undistributed company profits, 623.

The Meat-Packing Investigation

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1920 34(4), 626
I. History of the investigation, 626. — II. Growth and present position of the large packing companies, 632. — III. The stockyards situation, 639.—The rendering monopoly, 648. — IV. Fluctuations in prices of live stock, 652. — V. The charge of combination, 656. — The international meat pool, 660. — Collusion in domestic transactions, 661. — Question of a live stock pool, 663. — Collusive practices in buying live stock, 672. — VI. The Palmer-Packer agreement, 677. — Proposed legislation, 680.

Industrial Morale

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1920 35(1), 36
I. The problem and its significance, — II. Some more obvious causes of low morale, 40. — III. Prevailing business philosophy as a cause of low industrial morale, 41. — IV. Efforts to arouse fear of the management among workers, 44. — V. Influences destructive of workers' faith in the importance of their work, 45. — VI. Failure to recognize and reward merit, 49. — VII. Transitory and precarious nature of employment, 53. — VIII. Relation between the men and industry, 54. — IX. Relation to the problem of industrial organization, 59.

Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1920 34(2), 381
Journal Article Keynes, the Economic Consequences of the Peace 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 34, Issue 2, February 1920, Pages 381–387, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882372 Published: 01 February 1920

The British Finance Act, 1920

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1920 35(1), 167
Journal Article The British Finance Act, 1920 Get access Rufus S. Tucker Rufus S. Tucker Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 35, Issue 1, November 1920, Pages 167–170, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883575 Published: 01 November 1920

The British Coal Industry and the Question of Nationalization

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1920 35(1), 61
I. Introductory. — II. The organization of the industry before the war, 65. — Control during the war, 68. — III. Alleged waste and extravagance of the existing system, 71. — IV. The claims of the miners, 80. — V. Proposals for reorganization, 85. — (a) Restoration of private enterprise, 86. — (b) Continuance of control, 87. — (c) Unification under private management, 88. — (d) Nationalization, 91. — Mr. Justice Sankey's proposals, 93. — VI. The organization of the industry under public ownership, 95. — Probable cost of nationalization, 96. — Administration, 97. — Participation by miners, 103. — Conclusion, 106