Journal Article Alfred Marshall's Role in Price Maintenance in Great Britain Get access E. T. Grether E. T. Grether University of California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 48, Issue 2, February 1934, Pages 348–352, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885613 Published: 01 February 1934
Introduction, 203. — I. The German labor movement before 1918, 204; during the Revolution, 205; under the Weimar Constitution, 207; course of events thereafter, 208. — II. The development of the trade unions, 209; of collective bargaining, 212; the arbitration system, 215. — III. The works councils, 217; the economic council, 219. — IV. The labor law, 220. — V. The rise of National Socialism, 222; the position of labor under the Hitler government, 224.
I. The “purchasing power” argument of the silver interests, and its political importance, 245. — II. China not on the silver standard: the paper currencies, 249; variety of silver coins and weights, 250; copper coins, 251. — Money changing, 252. — Independent price levels, 254. — III. Hoarding of silver: in coin, 255; in ornaments, 256. — The price of silver: demand, 257; supply, 259. — Influence of conditions in China: warfare, 260; modernization, 264. — IV. Effects upon prices: in the interior, 267; in Shanghai, 268. — V. Chinese opinion primarily concerned with problem of uniformity rather than stability, 273. — Interpretation of the evidence, 277. — Conclusion, 280.
I. The legal basis of price maintenance in Great Britain, 620; government reports of 1920 and 1931, 622. — II. Movement toward group action, 623; general purpose of associations, 624; forms of organization, 625. — III. Methods of enforcing prices; collecting evidence, warning, etc., 625; the Stop List, 626; the problem of non-members, 626; relations with third parties who have purchased indirectly, 627. — IV. The relative effectiveness of price control; the problem of the coöperative societies, 628; the resistances within private enterprise; numbers of members of trade, 630; complexity of trade channels, 630; nature of product, 631; strength of opposing interests, 633. — V. Fundamental tendencies; rigidity and stability of price system, 635; emphasis on merchandising services, 639; growth in and limitation of, numbers of dealers, 639; the demand for intertrade coöperation, 640; effects upon types of dealers, 641. — VI. Application to the United States, 643.