Knowledge that Transforms

Journal Article Sharfman's American Railroad Problem Get access Harry Gunnison Brown Harry Gunnison Brown University of Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 36, Issue 2, February 1922, Pages 323–334, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883484 Published: 01 February 1922

Some Effects on Certain Agricultural Products of Uniform Percentage Increases in Freight Rates Get access Roland Vaile Roland Vaile University of California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 36, Issue 4, August 1922, Pages 718–727, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884760 Published: 01 August 1922

Recent Banking and Currency Legislation in India Get access Bhanoo B. Das Gupta Bhanoo B. Das Gupta The Scottish Churches College, Calcutta Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 37, Issue 1, November 1922, Pages 183–190, https://doi.org/10.2307/1885913 Published: 01 November 1922

Introductory. Method of study, 545. — I. Vacant land in the borough of Manhattan. Description of parcels. Gross and net increments and decrements, 548. — II. Washington Heights. Tract sold at auction in 1891. Gross and net increments. Early history of tract. Comparison with similar tract in the Bronx, 558. — III. Auction sales. Description of tracts. Losses to purchasers of Bronx lots, 562. — IV. New York City by boroughs. Method of establishing value in 1906 and 1921. Gross and net increments or decrements. Queens borough by wards. Separate tract in South Brooklyn. Increases in land values during nineteenth century. The tax rate and economic rent, 569. — Conclusions, 579.

Introductory. The early development of collections, 275. — The effect of the Federal Reserve Act, 276. — The par remittance plan of 1916, 277. — The Hardwick Amendment and its interpretation by the Federal Reserve Board, 281. — The development of opposition, 283. — The outlook for the future, 286.

Other theories of wages deal with other problems than that of raising wages, 581. — Sources from which increase of nominal wages may come, 585. — How may the laborers command a share of these surpluses? 605. — Increasing real wages by lowering the prices of what the laborer buys, 608. — The laborer's free income, 609. — Factors determining a wage rate in a given industry, 610.

Congressional history of textile schedules. — Changes in form of schedules, 31: wool duties, 33; textile manufactures, 39. — Changes in rates of duty, 43; wool manufactures, 46. — Improvement in quality of textile production, and public policy, 49.

Journal Article The Chief Problem of Economic Theory Get access Robert Liefmann Robert Liefmann Freiburg, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 36, Issue 2, February 1922, Pages 335–342, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883485 Published: 01 February 1922

The Genesis of Modern Capitalism Get access Abbott Payson Usher Abbott Payson Usher Boston University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 36, Issue 3, May 1922, Pages 525–535, https://doi.org/10.2307/1886036 Published: 01 May 1922

Question of intensity of culture an old one; never purely objective, 646. — Ability of the entrepreneur the limiting factor, 647. — The problem of intensity of culture stated in one of three ways: entrepreneurship fixed, land fixed, capital fixed, 648. — An experiment may be made with something less than the whole amount of land or capital, 653. — An illustration of the difficulties of the trial method, 654. — Income will be alike for all at the margin, 657. — Intensity varied within a given year, 657. — Social aspect of intensity of culture, 658. — Effect of change of price of product or intensity of culture, 659. — Payment of rent induces intensity of culture, 661. — Effect of changes in wages or capital cost on intensity of culture, 662. — Intensity will vary inversely with these costs, 662.