Knowledge that Transforms

Stages in the introduction of machinery for the manufacture of glass bottles, 337. — I. The technical character of the semi-automatic machine, 339. — II. The rate of introduction, 341. — The potential displacement involved, 341. — The actual displacement, 342. — III. The jurisdiction of the unions concerned, 344. — The opposition of the Flint Glass Workers to the introduction of the machine, 345. — The jurisdictional conflict between the Glass Bottle Blowers and the Flint Glass Workers, 348. — IV. The machine policy of the Glass Bottle Blowers, 351. — V. Effect of the machine on wages and hours of labor, 353. — Estimate of the validity of the policy of the Glass Bottle Blowers, 356.

Journal Article The Conjuncture Institute at Moscow Get access N. D. Kondratieff N. D. Kondratieff Moscow, Russia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 39, Issue 2, February 1925, Pages 320–324, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884878 Published: 01 February 1925

The theory that business profits, in the long run, tend towards equality between different industries is qualified by the admission that, at any given time, variations exist. Such variations in 108 industries are examined for the year 1917. — I. Source of the data: Treasury tax returns for 26, 477 corporations, 242. — II. Variation in the earnings of these different industries and trades, and in eleven major groups of industries into which they fall, 243. — III. Range between individual firms within given industries and groups, 253. — IV. Variations in the average invested capitals per corporation, 259. — V. Earnings of the largest corporations, 261. — VI. Effect of taxation on profits. Summary, 264.

Chronological table by states of the foundation of cotton factories. Comparison with contemporary statistics, 453. — Accuracy of the dates, 456. — Omission of defunct factories from the table, 458. — Chronological table by states of textile companies incorporated, 460. — Inferences from the tables. Importance of the period of the war of 1812, 463. — Relation of factory establishments to tariff legislation, 468.

Soldier Land Settlement in Canada Get access E. J. Ashton, D.S.O. E. J. Ashton, D.S.O. Soldier Settlement Board, Ottawa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 39, Issue 3, May 1925, Pages 488–498, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882442 Published: 01 May 1925

I. Introduction. — II. Analyses of post-war monetary experience. The purchasing-power-parity approach: Keynes, 268.—III. The foreign-exchange approach: Nogaro, 275; Nogaro's criticisms of Cassel's doctrine, 277. — IV. The approach through the budget situation: Rist, 280; further conclusions, 284. — V. Future monetary policies: Cassel, 286; Keynes, 287; Nogaro and Rist, 291.—VI. Conclusions. The data inconclusive; interpretation a matter of individual choice, 293. Monetary reconstruction: budget equilibrium; devaluation; return to the unregulated gold standard, 298.

Spread of taxes on unimproved land in the States and in the Commonwealth from 1884 to 1910. — Three chief aims: revenue, tapping the unearned increment, breaking up of big estates, 411. — The last-named the chief aim of the Federal tax, 415. — Extent and importance of the big estates, 415. — The Federal land tax of 1910, 421. — The battles in the law courts, 424. — The problem of valuation, 428. — No spectacular results: some redistribution of land, 434. — Absentee landowners reduced their holdings about one half, 437. — Who bought, 440. — The problem of finding land for new settlers almost as difficult as ever, 447.

Journal Article Professor Knight on Psychology Get access Morris A. Copeland Morris A. Copeland Cornell University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 40, Issue 1, November 1925, Pages 134–151, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885818 Published: 01 November 1925

Journal Article On Decreasing Cost and Comparative Cost: A Rejoinder Get access Frank H. Knight Frank H. Knight The University of Iowa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 39, Issue 2, February 1925, Pages 331–333, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884880 Published: 01 February 1925

One type of study is concerned with the relation between price and consumers' demand, 503. — Illustrated in the study of potatoes, 505. — Price data should relate to a specific market, 508. — Allowance must be made for effects of other forces, 509. — Demand must be expressed in terms of rates and must cover all uses, 512. — Elasticity depends on market point at which it is measured, 512. — A second and more common type of study is concerned with “ speculators'” demand, 518. — Cannot be expressed in terms of rates, 519. — But may yield some knowledge of consumers' demand, 521. — Current “demand and supply” can rarely be measured satisfactorily, 522. — A modification of the second type of study gives better results, 524. — The two types compared, 525. — Relation between theoretical and empirical demand curves, 526. — Three divergent statistical results, 529. — Determining the true relationship, 536.