The Extremities of Current Agricultural Policy Proposals
I. Various measures proposed, 307. — II. A more moderate program, 315. — III. Conclusion, 323.
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Should Economists Make Value Judgments?
Journal Article Should Economists make Value Judgments? Get access John D. Black John D. Black Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 67, Issue 2, May 1953, Pages 286–297, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885340 Published: 01 May 1953
The Scale of Agricultural Production: Rejoinder
Journal Article Rejoinder Get access John D. Black John D. Black Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 54, Issue 2, February 1940, Pages 316–317, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883339 Published: 01 February 1940
The Use of the Short-Cut Graphic Method of Multiple Correlation: Rejoinder
Journal Article Rejoinder Get access John D. Black, John D. Black Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wilfred Malenbaum Wilfred Malenbaum Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 54, Issue 2, February 1940, Pages 346–358, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883342 Published: 01 February 1940
The Use of the Short-Cut Graphic Method of Multiple Correlation
Methodological Background, 69. — The Method, 72. — The Indexes of Correlation, 76. — Omitted Variables, 77. — Inadequate Data, 87. — Independent Variables Intercorrelated, 88. — Joint Curvilinear Correlation, 92. — Joint Correlation Using Flexible Methods, 96. — Conclusions, 105.
International Commodity Arrangements
Scope of the paper: agricultural products chiefly, 521. — Present stage of developments, 522. — Existing commodity agreements: wheat, 523; coffee, 527; beef, 528; sugar, 528; tea, 530; non-agricultural products, 530; cartels, 531. — Buffer stocks, 532. — Wider distribution of food, 534. — Production adjustment, 536. — Chronic surpluses, 538. — Price stabilization: direct control schemes, 540; costs, 542.— Price lifting: tendency, 543; supporting prices, 544; desirability, 546. — The immediate postwar outlook, 547.— Conditions of success, 549. — Overhead organization, 551.
Postwar Soldier Settlement
Scope of the paper, 1. — Historical background, 2. — Experience after World War I: United States, 4; Canada, 6; Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, 8. — Resettlement and rehabilitation in the United States: unemployment, 9; rural distress, 10; the Farm Security Administration projects, 11. — Other FSA opportunities: rehabilitation loans, 16; tenant purchase loans, 16. — The new legislation: Canada, 17; New Zealand, 20; United States, 20. — Limited value of certain provisions of the "G. I. Bill": present owners, 22; prospective tenants, 24; prospective buyers, 24. — The legislative background: United States, 27; Canada, 28. — Need for soldier settlement, 29. — Loan values, 31. — Tenant purchase as an alternative, 33. — Concluding remarks, 34.
The Growth of Farm Tenancy in the United States
Introduction, 393.— I. “Land ownership,” 394.— II. Tenancy and mortgage indebtedness, 396.— III. Share croppers, 398; leases to relatives, 399.—IV. Farm laborers, 402.—V. The “agricultural ladder,” 407.— VI. Analysis by decades, 411.— VII. Analysis by regions and groups, 413.—VIII. Growth 1930–35, 416.—IX. Descent of the “ladder,” 417.— X. Character of our tenancy, 421.— XI. Conclusions, 423.